A Method for Obtaining High Frequency, Global, IR-Based Convective Cloud Tops for Studies of the Tropical Tropopause Layer

Leonhard Pfister1, Eric J Jensen2, Mark R Schoeberl3 and Rei Ueyama1, (1)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Science and Technology Corporation, Earth Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States