Articles | Volume 37, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-37-631-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-37-631-2019
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24 Jul 2019
Regular paper |  | 24 Jul 2019

High-resolution Beijing mesosphere–stratosphere–troposphere (MST) radar detection of tropopause structure and variability over Xianghe (39.75° N, 116.96° E), China

Feilong Chen, Gang Chen, Yufang Tian, Shaodong Zhang, Kaiming Huang, Chen Wu, and Weifan Zhang

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Using the Beijing MST radar echo-power observations collected during the period November 2011–May 2017, the structure and variability of the tropopause over Xianghe, China (39.75° N, 116.96° E), was presented. Our comparison results showed a good agreement between the radar and thermal tropopauses during all seasons. In contrast, the consistency between the radar and dynamical tropopauses is poor during summer. Diurnal oscillation in tropopause height is commonly observed during all seasons.