Mie lidar and radiosonde observations at Gadanki (13.5°N, 79.2°E) during sudden stratospheric warming of 2009

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 544-550

  Sridharan, S ^a   Raghunath, K ^a   Sathishkumar, S ^b   Nath, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

Cirrus clouds; Meridional circulation; Stratospheric warming; Tropical convection

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION CHANGES; CIRRUS CLOUDS; DEEP CONVECTION; HIGH HUMIDITY; LIDAR OBSERVATION; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; POLAR LATITUDE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; STRATOSPHERIC WARMING; SUDDEN STRATOSPHERIC WARMING; TROPICAL CONVECTION; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WINTER SEASONS; ZONAL MEANS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOSONDES; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS;

CLOUDS;

EID: 79551497446     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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