Local upper tropospheric/lower stratospheric clear-sky water vapor and tropospheric deep convection

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 19543-19557

  Liao, Xiaohan ^a,b   Rind, David ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP CONVECTION;

EID: 0000094912     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd01258     Document Type: Article

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