Jet characterization in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere (UTLS): Applications to climatology and transport studies

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 6115-6137

  Manney, G L ^a,b   Hegglin, M I ^c   Daffer, W H ^a   Santee, M L ^a   Ray, E A ^d,e   Pawson, S ^f   Schwartz, M J ^a   Boone, C D ^g   Froidevaux, L ^a   Livesey, N J ^a   Read, W G ^a   Walker, K A ^c,g  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; DATA SET; JET; MAPPING; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 79959833398     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-6115-2011     Document Type: Article

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