Diagnostics of the Tropical Tropopause Layer from in-situ observations and CCM data

A suite of diagnostics is applied to in-situ aircraft measurements and one Chemistry-Climate Model (CCM) data to characterize the vertical structure of the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL). The diagnostics are based on vertical tracer profiles and relative vertical tracer gradients, using tropopause-...

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Main Authors: C. M. Volk, F. D'Amato, F. Ravegnani, C. Schiller, E. Manzini, G. Di Donfrancesco, F. Cairo, C. Cagnazzo, F. Fierli, E. Palazzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-12-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/9/9349/2009/acp-9-9349-2009.pdf