A Mesoscale Structure of Meteorological Fields in the Tropopause Layer and in the Lower Stratosphere over the Southern Tropics (Brazil)

G. N. Shur, N. M. Sitnikov, and A. V. Drynkov

Some results of studying thermodynamics of the tropical tropopause and lower stratosphere performed with the help of the stratospheric M-55 Geofizika research aircraft during the international TROCCINOX experiment in 2005 in Brazil are considered. New data on a mesoscale structure of the wind, temperature, and humidity fields over the continental tropics are derived.