Radiative Effects of Stratospheric Seasonal Cycles in the Tropical Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere

Water vapor and ozone are powerful radiative constituents in the tropical lower stratosphere, impacting the local heating budget and nonlocally forcing the troposphere below. Their near-tropopause seasonal cycle structures imply associated "radiative seasonal cycles" in heating rates that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gilford, Daniel Michael, Solomon, Susan
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Published: American Meteorological Society 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112934
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2422-0887
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2020-7581