Global features and trends of the tropopause derived from GPS/CHAMP RO data

Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 365-374

  Han, Ting Ting ^a,b   Ping, Jin Song ^a   Zhang, SuJun ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Empirical Orthogonal Function; Height and temperature; Latitude features; Trend; Tropopause

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; HEIGHT AND TEMPERATURE; LATITUDE FEATURES; TREND; TROPOPAUSE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

CLOUDS;

EID: 79955888639     PISSN: 16747348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11433-010-4217-5     Document Type: Article

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