Influence of stratospheric sudden warming on AIRS midtropospheric CO2

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2566-2573

  Jiang, Xun ^a   Wang, Jingqian ^a   Olsen, Edward T ^b   Pagano, Thomas ^b   Chen, Luke L ^b   Yung, Yuk L ^c  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; CHEMICAL TRACERS; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; STRONG COUPLING; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

CHEMICAL BONDS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIRS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING;

EID: 84883762832     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-064.1     Document Type: Article

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