Double tropopause formation in idealized baroclinic life cycles: The key role of an initial tropopause inversion layer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Wang, S ^a   Polvani, L M ^a,b  

^a Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; LIFE CYCLE;

AIR MASS; BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC EDDY; EXTRATROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; HIGH LATITUDES; INVERSION LAYER; LOW LATITUDES; MIDLATITUDES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

CLOUDS;

AIR MASS; BAROCLINIC MODE; EDDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INVERSION LAYER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 79952457712     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015118     Document Type: Article

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