Identifying robust transport features of the upper tropical troposphere

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 6758-6776

  Bergman, J W ^a,b   Pfister, L ^c   Yang, Q ^d  

^a BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA SET; RADIATIVE FORCING; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA;

EID: 84939254481     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023523     Document Type: Article

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