The seasonal cycle of planetary boundary layer depth determined using COSMIC radio occultation data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 12,422-12,434

  Chan, Ka Man ^a   Wood, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

boundary layer depth; global; seasonal

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COSMOLOGY; IONOSPHERE; RADIO; REFRACTION;

BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; GLOBAL; GPS RADIO OCCULTATIONS; HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SEASONAL; SUBTROPICAL LATITUDES;

TROPICS;

ALGORITHM; BOUNDARY LAYER; COSMIC; DATA SET; GPS; HEATING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; POLAR REGION; RADIOSONDE; REFRACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC;

EID: 84890484707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020147     Document Type: Article

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