Observations of temperature, wind, cirrus, and trace gases in the tropical tropopause transition layer during the MJO

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1143-1157

  Virts, Katrina S ^a   Wallace, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CONSTELLATION OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR METEOROLOGY; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; IONOSPHERE AND CLIMATES; LOW TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

ATMOSPHERICS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; GASES; GRAVITY WAVES; IONOSPHERE; MIXING; OCEAN CURRENTS; TROPICS; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUDS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CALIPSO; CIRRUS; COSMIC; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MIXING RATIO; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; ROSSBY WAVE; TRACE GAS; TROPOPAUSE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84896741245     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0178.1     Document Type: Article

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