Troposphere and stratosphere influence on tropopause in the polar regions during winter and spring

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3153-3164

  Evtushevsky, O ^a   Klekociuk, A ^b   Grytsai, A ^a   Milinevsky, G ^a   Lozitsky, V ^a  

^a TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE CONDITION; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; POLAR ATMOSPHERE; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR WINTERS; REANALYSIS;

CLOUDS;

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOPOTENTIAL; POLAR REGION; SPRING (SEASON); STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC;

EID: 79960073247     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.541515     Document Type: Article

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