Climatological characteristics of arctic and antartic surface-based inversions

Surface-based inversions (SBI) are frequent features of the Arctic and Antarctic atmospheric boundary layer. They influence vertical mixing of energy, moisture and pollutants, cloud formation, and surface ozone destruction. Their climatic variability is related to that of sea ice and planetary albed...

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Published in:Journal of Climate
Other Authors: Zhang, Yehui (author), Seidel, Dian (author), Golaz, Jean-Christophe (author), Deser, Clara (author), Tomas, Robert (author)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Meteorological Society 2011
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Online Access:http://nldr.library.ucar.edu/repository/collections/OSGC-000-000-003-858
https://doi.org/10.1175/2011JCLI4004.1