Subkilometer-scale motions in the tropical tropopause layer from aircraft measurements: characterization and impact on vertical mixing
Aurelien Podglajen, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, France, Leonhard Pfister, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, Eric J Jensen, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, M Joan Alexander, NorthWest Research Associates Boulder, Boulder, United States, Bernd Karcher, German Aerospace Center DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, William John Randel, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Thaopaul V Bui, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States and Jonathan M Dean-Day, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, United States