Separation of the lapse rate and the cold point tropopauses in the tropics and the resulting impact on cloud top-tropopause relationships

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 7963-7978

  Munchak, Leigh A ^a,b   Pan, Laura L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; COSMIC; GPS; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPICAL REGION; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 84925387698     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021189     Document Type: Article

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