Investigation of double tropopause spatial and temporal global variability utilizing High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder temperature observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Peevey, Tanya R ^a,b   Gille, John C ^a,b   Randall, Cora E ^b   Kunz, Anne ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; CLOUDS; DYNAMICS; TIME SERIES;

DATA DENSITY; EASTERN PACIFIC; EXTRATROPICS; FINE-SCALE STRUCTURES; FREQUENCY PATTERNS; GLOBAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL VARIABILITY; HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION DYNAMICS LIMB SOUNDERS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THICKNESS VALUE; TROPOSPHERIC WAVES; WAVEBREAKING; WESTERN ATLANTIC; ZONAL FLOWS; ZONAL WIND;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

GLOBAL CHANGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPOPAUSE; WAVE BREAKING; ZONAL FLOW;

ANDES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84856053745     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016443     Document Type: Article

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