Residual circulation in the stratosphere and lower mesosphere as diagnosed from Microwave Limb Sounder data

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 217-240

  Eluszkiewicz, Janusz ^a,f   Crisp, David ^b   Zurek, Richard ^b   Elson, Lee ^b   Fishbein, Evan ^b   Froidevaux, Lucien ^b   Waters, Joe ^b   Grainger, R G ^c   Lambert, Alyn ^c   Harwood, Robert ^d   Peckham, Gordon ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODE; RESIDUAL CIRCULATION DATA (1991-1994); SATELLITE OBSERVATION; UARS; VOLCANIC AEROSOL;

EID: 0029770490     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0217:RCITSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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