Dehydration and sedimentation of ice particles in the Arctic stratospheric vortex

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 795-798

  Vomel H ^a,b   Rummukainen, M ^c   Kivi, R ^c   Karhu, J ^c   Turunen, T ^c   Kyro E ^c   Rosen, J ^d   Kjome, N ^d   Oltmans, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FREEZING; HYGROMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; RADIOSONDES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; BACKSCATTERING; ICE; MOISTURE METERS; VORTEX FLOW;

ARCTIC STRATOSPHERIC VORTEX; BACKSCATTER SONDES; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS (PSC); WATER VAPOR LOSS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; WATER VAPOR;

DEHYDRATION; ICE PARTICLE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; STRATOSPHERE; VORTEX;

ARCTIC;

BACKSCATTER RATIO; COLD TEMPERATURES; FROST POINT; ICE CLOUDS; ICE PARTICLES; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; STRATOSPHERIC VORTEX; WATER VAPOR LOSS;

EID: 0031109766     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00668     Document Type: Article

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