Departure from clausius-clapeyron scaling of water entering the stratosphere in response to changes in tropical upwelling

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1962-1972

  Fueglistaler, S ^a   Liu, Y S ^b   Flannaghan, T J ^a   Ploeger, F ^c   Haynes, P H ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; GREENHOUSE GASES; TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; RESIDENCE TIME EFFECTS; TRAJECTORY CALCULATIONS; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS; WATER VAPOR FEEDBACKS;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMIDITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RESIDENCE TIME; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; UPWELLING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84896949693     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020772     Document Type: Article

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