The role of tropical deep convective clouds on temperature, water vapor, and dehydration in the tropical tropopause layer (TTL)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3811-3821

  Chae, J H ^a,b   Wu, D L ^a   Read, W G ^a   Sherwood, S C ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CALIPSO; CLOUDSAT; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DEHYDRATION; OZONE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE; WARMING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 79955532888     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-3811-2011     Document Type: Article

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