In situ water vapour measurement, and a case study of the drying mechanism of the tropical lower stratosphere

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 534, 1996, Pages 1447-1458

  Ovarlez, Joëlle ^a,b   Ovarlez, Henri ^a   Teitelbaum, Hector ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

'Tape recorder' effect; Anvil clouds; Convection; Montgolfi re balloons; Stratospheric dehydration; Troposphere stratosphere interaction

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONVECTION; DRYING MECHANISM; ICE CRYSTAL; MIXING RATIO; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0030440270     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53409     Document Type: Article

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