Intraseasonal temperature variability in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere from the GPS radio occultation measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Tian, Baijun ^a   Ao, Chi O ^a   Waliser, Duane E ^a   Fetzer, Eric J ^a   Mannucci, Anthony J ^a   Teixeira, Joao ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; BENCHMARKING; CLOUDS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFRARED DEVICES; IONOSPHERE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; CONSTELLATION OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR METEOROLOGY , IONOSPHERE , AND CLIMATES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXTRATROPICS; HEIGHT ANOMALY; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; RADIO OCCULTATION MEASUREMENTS; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PRESSURE; VERTICAL RESOLUTION; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WESTERN PACIFIC;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRS; GPS; IONOSPHERE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84865325471     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017715     Document Type: Article

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