The signature of the stratospheric Brewer-Dobson circulation in tropospheric clouds

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3486-3494

  Li, Ying ^a   Thompson, David W J ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS;

BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; TROPICAL TROPOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERIC CLIMATE; TROPOSPHERIC CLOUDS;

TROPOSPHERE;

CALIPSO; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLOUD; CLOUDSAT; DATA SET; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84881105162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50339     Document Type: Article

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