Thr tropopause cold trap in the Australian monsoon during STEP/AMEX 1987
- Space Physics research Institute, Sunnyvale, CA (United States)
The author looks at the large scale structure of the tropopause in the area encompassed by the Australian monsoon by combining STEP data with a broader array of radiosonde and satellite data. These include air observations from the Australian Monsoon Experiment (AMEX), and the highly reflective cloud (HRC) data set. These data give a large scale picture of the tropopause, and relate it to the circulation in the monsoon. The author addresses factors which determine the spatial and time variation of the potential temperature at the cold point. This potential temperature provides a coupling between the freeze drying processes which contribute to dehydration of the air masses, and the large scale convection within the monsoon structure.
- OSTI ID:
- 6458852
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Geophysical Research; (United States), Vol. 98:D5; ISSN 0148-0227
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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DEHYDRATION
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ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
TROPOSPHERE
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CONVECTION
DISASTERS
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ENERGY TRANSFER
FLUIDS
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HEAT TRANSFER
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