Seasonal differences of vertical-transport efficiency in the tropical tropopause layer: On the interplay between tropical deep convection, large-scale vertical ascent, and horizontal circulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Bergman, John W ^a,b   Jensen, Eric J ^c   Pfister, Leonhard ^c   Yang, Qiong ^d,e  

^a BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; NATURAL CONVECTION; OZONE; RADIANT HEATING; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR PARCELS; ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; BACK TRAJECTORIES; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DATA SAMPLING; DEEP CONVECTION; DYNAMICAL INTERACTIONS; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; ISENTROPIC SURFACES; LOW LATITUDES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RADIATIVE HEATING; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPACE SCALE; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS; VERTICAL MOTIONS; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS; WESTERN PACIFIC;

TROPICS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; LATITUDE; OZONE; RADIATIVE FORCING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TIMESCALE; TRAJECTORY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL REGION; TROPOPAUSE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WATER VAPOR;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84858019520     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016992     Document Type: Article

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