Measurements of water vapor in the middle atmosphere and implications for mesospheric transport

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 21183-21193

  Nedoluha, Gerald E ^a   Bevilacqua, Richard M ^a   Gomez, R Michael ^a   Waltman, William B ^a   Hicks, Brian C ^a   Thacker, D L ^a,b   Matthews, W Andrew ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INTERFEROMETRICS INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVES; WATER VAPOUR;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MESOSPHERE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0030417595     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01741     Document Type: Article

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