An atmospheric tape recorder: The imprint of tropical tropopause temperatures on stratospheric water vapor

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue D2, 1996, Pages 3989-4006

  Mote, Philip W ^a,b   Rosenlof, Karen H ^c,d   McIntyre, Michael E ^e   Carr, Ewan S ^a,f   Gille, John C ^g   Holton, James R ^h   Kinnersley, Jonathan S ^a,h   Pumphrey, Hugh C ^a   Russell III, James M ⁱ   Waters, Joe W ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f Logica United Kingdom   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION SPEED; MIXING RATIO; QUASIBIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERIC WATER VAPOUR; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0029769241     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JD03422     Document Type: Article

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