Quantifying the deep convective temperature signal within the tropical tropopause layer (TTL)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 12183-12195

  Paulik, L C ^a   Birner, T ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONVECTIVE CLOUD; OUTFLOW; OZONE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 84871761446     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-12183-2012     Document Type: Article

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