Effects of sea surface temperature and greenhouse gas changes on the transport between the stratosphere and troposphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Shu, Jianchuan ^a   Tian, Wenshou ^a,b   Austin, John ^c   Chipperfield, Martyn P ^b   Xie, Fei ^a   Wang, Wuke ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEAT FLUX; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EXTRATROPICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MEAN AGES; MIDLATITUDES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TRACER TRANSPORT; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TRACER; UPWELLING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 79551615565     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014520     Document Type: Article

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