Radiative impacts of the 2011 abrupt drops in water vapor and ozone in the tropical tropopause layer

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 595-612

  Gilford, Daniel M ^a   Solomon, Susan ^a   Portmann, Robert W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atm Ocean Structure Phenomena; Circulation Dynamics; Observational techniques and algorithms; Ozone; Physical meteorology and climatology; Radiative forcing; Satellite observations; Stratospheric circulation; Tropopause; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUDS; DROPS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATION;

WATER VAPOR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; OZONE; RADIATIVE FORCING; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84957836984     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0167.1     Document Type: Article

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