Recent widening of the tropical belt from global tropopause statistics: Sensitivities

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Birner, Thomas ^a  

^a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS;

DATA SETS; EXTRATROPICS; REANALYSIS; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS; TROPICAL BELT;

TROPICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; LATITUDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THRESHOLD; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL REGION; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 78649918719     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014664     Document Type: Article

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