The influence of tropospheric biennial oscillation on mid-tropospheric CO2

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Jingqian ^a   Jiang, Xun ^a   Chahine, Moustafa T ^b,c   Liang, Mao Chang ^d,e   Olsen, Edward T ^b   Chen, Luke L ^b   Licata, Stephen J ^b   Pagano, Thomas S ^b   Yung, Yuk L ^e  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; TROPOSPHERIC BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; WALKER CIRCULATION;

TROPOSPHERE;

AIRS; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MONSOON; PERIODICITY; TROPOSPHERE;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80455155222     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049288     Document Type: Article

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