SEASONAL-VARIATIONS OF WATER-VAPOR IN THE TROPICAL LOWER STRATOSPHERE

被引：86

作者：

MOTE, PW

ROSENLOF, KH

HOLTON, JR

HARWOOD, RS

WATERS, JW

机构：

[1] UNIV WASHINGTON,DEPT ATMOSPHER SCI AK40,SEATTLE,WA 98195

[2] UNIV COLORADO,NOAA,ERL,COOPERAT INST RES ENVIRONM SCI,BOULDER,CO 80303

[3] CALTECH,JET PROP LAB,PASADENA,CA 91109

[4] UK UNIV GLOBAL ATMOSPHER MODELLING PROGRAMME,READING,BERKS,ENGLAND

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 1995年 / 22卷 / 09期

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D O I：

10.1029/95GL01234

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

Measurements of stratospheric water vapor by the Microwave Limb Sounder aboard the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite show that in the tropical lower stratosphere, low-frequency variations are closely related to the annual cycle in tropical tropopause temperatures. Tropical stratospheric air appears to retain information about the tropopause conditions it encountered for over a year as it rises through the stratosphere. We use a two-dimensional Lagrangian model to relate MLS measurements to the temperature that tropical air parcels encountered when crossing the 100 hPa surface.

引用

页码：1093 / 1096

页数：4

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