Observations of temperature in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere of tropical weather disturbances

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1593-1608

  Davis, Christopher A ^a   Ahijevych, David A ^a   Haggerty, Julie A ^a   Mahoney, Michael J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL CONVECTION; TOOLS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; CLOUD-TOP TEMPERATURES; GULFSTREAM V AIRCRAFTS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MICROWAVE TEMPERATURE; RADIATIVE HEATING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

TROPOSPHERE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84899752073     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0278.1     Document Type: Article

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