Interhemispheric differences in stratospheric water vapour during late winter, in version 4 MLS measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-150

  Morrey, M W ^a   Harwood, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MIXING; VAPORS; VORTEX FLOW; WATER VAPOR;

MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER (MLS); STRATOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; VORTEX FLOW;

ANTARCTIC VORTEX; LOCAL MAXIMUM; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MIDLATITUDES; MIXING RATIOS; POLAR VORTEX; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0031674266     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL53637     Document Type: Article

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