Identification of the tropical tropopause transition layer using the ozone-water vapor relationship

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3586-3599

  Pan, Laura L ^a   Paulik, Laura C ^a,b   Honomichl, Shawn B ^a   Munchak, Leigh A ^a,b   Bian, Jianchun ^c   Selkirk, Henry B ^d   Vömel, Holger ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e GRUAN Lead Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; OZONE; TRANSISTOR TRANSISTOR LOGIC CIRCUITS; TROPICS; WATER VAPOR;

ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; COSTA RICA; EXTRATROPICAL; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TRANSITION LAYERS; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; UPPER BOUNDARY;

OZONE LAYER;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; OZONE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA; KUNMING; YUNNAN;

EID: 84898771325     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020558     Document Type: Article

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