Open AccessThe Tropical Atmosphere’s Balancing Act
Author(s) -
Emily Underwood
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo125669
Subject(s) - atmosphere (unit) , environmental science , astrobiology , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , geography , geology , physics
A new study finds that the tropical atmosphere maintains radiative-convective equilibrium as a whole, but not at smaller scales.