Tropopause fold occurrence rates over the Antarctic station Troll (72° S, 2.5° E)

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 591-598

  Mihalikova, M ^a,b   Kirkwood, S ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Climatology; Mesoscale meteorology; Polar meteorology)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLAR METEOROLOGY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TROPOPAUSE; WIND PROFILE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84882737434     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-31-591-2013     Document Type: Article

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