Dehydration in the tropical tropopause layer: A case study for model evaluation using aircraft observations

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5299-5316

  Ueyama, Rei ^a   Jensen, Eric J ^a   Pfister, Leonhard ^a   Diskin, Glenn S ^b   Bui, T P ^a   Dean Day, Jonathan M ^a,c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DEHYDRATION; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; TROPICS; WATER VAPOR;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS; WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATION; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

AIRCRAFT;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEHYDRATION; ICE CRYSTAL; SIMULATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84901702037     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021381     Document Type: Article

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