Dynamical, convective, and microphysical control on wintertime distributions of water vapor and clouds in the tropical tropopause layer

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 10483-10500

  Ueyama, Rei ^a,b   Jensen, Eric J ^a   Pfister, Leonhard ^a   Kim, Ji Eun ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CIRRUS; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DEHYDRATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; HUMIDITY; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

EID: 84945463566     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023318     Document Type: Article

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