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Transport of water through the tropical tropopause
Author(s) -
Kley D.,
Schmeltekopf A. L.,
Kelly K.,
Winkler R. H.,
Thompson T. L.,
McFarland M.
Publication year - 1982
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/gl009i006p00617
Subject(s) - stratosphere , tropopause , troposphere , atmospheric sciences , altitude (triangle) , environmental science , water vapor , climatology , convective storm detection , storm , convection , mixing ratio , meteorology , geology , geography , geometry , mathematics
Total water was measured in the high troposphere and low stratosphere over Panama during ten aircraft flights. The results show that convective storms provide the means of transporting water into the stratosphere. From a consideration of the anvil heights over different areas of the tropical zone, it follows that a negative gradient of water vapor mixing ratio with altitude must exist over most of the lower stratosphere.
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