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Betts & Ridgway 1992
Betts, A.K. and Ridgway, W. (1992). Tropical boundary layer equilibrium in the last ice age. Journal of Geophysical Research 97: doi: 10.1029/91JD02974. issn: 0148-0227.

A radiative-convective boundary layer model is used to assess the effect of changing sea surface temperature, pressure, wind speed, and the energy export from the tropics on the boundary layer equilibrium equivalent potential temperature. It remains difficult to reconcile the observations that during the last glacial maximum (18,000 yr BP) the snowline on the tropical mountains fell 950 m, while the tropical sea surface temperatures fell only 1--2 K. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1992

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Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Middle atmosphere dynamics, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Climatology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Convective processes, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Tropical meteorology
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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