Tropical deep convection and tropical tropopause - Academia Sinica
Tropical deep convection and tropical tropopause - Academia Sinica
Tropical deep convection and tropical tropopause - Academia Sinica
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A <strong>tropical</strong> case (Tiwi Isl<strong>and</strong>s, Australia)<br />
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<strong>tropopause</strong> is at 17 km. The level of<br />
neutral buoyancy (LNB) is ~ 10-15 km<br />
depending on where the parcel starts.<br />
Lane <strong>and</strong> Reed, 2001
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