A comparison between thermal tropopauses derived from mandatory and significant levels for the Indian subcontinent upper-air network

Differences between lapse rate tropopauses (LRTs) and LRT-like tropopauses retrieved from mandatory levels (LRTMs) were studied for height, pressure and temperature at 37 locations of the Indian subcontinent on a long-term annual, summer and winter basis covering the period 1973–2015. LRTM is usuall...

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Autores: Yuchechen, Adrian Enrique, Canziani, Pablo Osvaldo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/72588
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/72588
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
MANDATORY LEVELS
THERMAL TROPOPAUSE
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
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Sumario:Differences between lapse rate tropopauses (LRTs) and LRT-like tropopauses retrieved from mandatory levels (LRTMs) were studied for height, pressure and temperature at 37 locations of the Indian subcontinent on a long-term annual, summer and winter basis covering the period 1973–2015. LRTM is usually found below LRT and statistical distinctions hinder the use of the former tropopause as a replacement for the latter one, yet significant positive Spearman's correlations show a relationship through a monotonic increasing function that enable the estimation of LRT variables from the corresponding LRTM ones. The slope and the intercept for a linear function relating corresponding variables were obtained at each location.