On the mid-latitude tropopause height and the orographic-baroclinic adjustment theory

Isabella Bordi; Alessandro Dell’Aquila; Antonio Speranza; Alfonso Sutera

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v56i4.14423

On the mid-latitude tropopause height and the orographic-baroclinic adjustment theory

Tellus

Volume 56 (2004): Issue 4

By: Isabella Bordi, Alessandro Dell’Aquila, Antonio Speranza and Alfonso Sutera

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v56i4.14423 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 278 - 286

Submitted on: May 7, 2003

Accepted on: Feb 3, 2004

Published on: Jan 1, 2004

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© 2004 Isabella Bordi, Alessandro Dell’Aquila, Antonio Speranza, Alfonso Sutera, published by Stockholm University Press
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