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Possible effect of the tropospheric temperature on the variations in the middle atmosphere temperature
Author(s) -
Shibata Kiyotaka
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/92gl01084
Subject(s) - troposphere , stratosphere , atmosphere (unit) , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , atmospheric temperature , climatology , geology , meteorology , physics
Radiatively determined temperatures (RDTs) are calculated to investigate the possible effect of the tropospheric temperatures through terrestrial radiation on the variations in the middle atmosphere temperatures. The effect is obtained as RDT anomalies corresponding to the observed tropospheric temperatures for 12 years. The RDT anomalies relative to the observed variations are found to be less 10 % in the upper stratophere, but 20–40 % in the middle and lower stratosphere.