Continuous rise of the tropopause in the Northern Hemisphere over 1980–2020
Lingyun Meng, Jane Liu, D. W. Tarasick, William J. Randel, Andrea K. Steiner, Hallgeir Wilhelmsen, Lei Wang, Leopold Haimberger
Abstract
Continued rise of the tropopause after 2000 in the Northern Hemisphere is mainly due to tropospheric warming.
Topics & Concepts
TropopauseNorthern HemisphereSouthern HemisphereWestern hemisphereEnvironmental scienceClimatologyGeographyPhysical geographyGeologyEconomic geographyStratosphereAtmospheric Ozone and ClimateClimate variability and modelsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols