Physics
Scientific paper
May 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001georl..28.1969h&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 28, Issue 10, p. 1969-1972
Physics
83
Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Middle Atmosphere-Constituent Transport And Chemistry, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Convective Processes, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Radiative Processes, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Stratosphere/Troposphere Interactions
Scientific paper
If tropical tropopause cirrus lie above convective anvils with tops above about 13 km, then net radiative cooling from the cirrus can be produced that is large enough to offset significant subsidence heating, even at the lowest temperatures observed in the tropics. Cirrus clouds near the tropopause are strongly heated by radiation unless they lie above convective anvil clouds. Radiative relaxation in the tropical troposphere is slow above about 14 km unless clouds are present. Radiative cooling of tropopause cirrus may be important in processes that dehydrate air before it enters the stratosphere.
Fu Qiang
Hartmann Dennis L.
Holton James R.
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