Hygrosonde - A direct measurement of water vapor in the stratosphere and mesosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1645-1648

  Khaplanov, M ^a   Gumbel, J ^a   Wilhelm, N ^a   Witt, G ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; DISSOCIATION; FLUORESCENCE; HYGROMETERS; ROCKETS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER; IONOSPHERE;

HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT; HYGROSONDE; MESOSPHERE; NIGHT TIME IN SITU MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOFRAGMENT FLUORESCENCE; ROCKET BORNE OPTICAL HYGROMETERS; STRATOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERIC MIXING; UNDISTURBED VOLUME; WATER VAPOR;

VAPORS; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC INSTRUMENT; FLUORESCENCE; HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT; HYDROXYL; HYGROMETER; MESOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOUR;

ATMOSPHERIC WATER; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUE; HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; PHOTOFRAGMENTS; POLAR MESOSPHERE; STRATIFIED STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030158732     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01482     Document Type: Article

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