Deuterium, Oxygen-18, and Tritium as tracers for water vapour transport in the lower stratosphere and tropopause region

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-47

  Zahn, A ^a   Barth, V ^a   Pfeilsticker, K ^a   Platt, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Isotopic composition of H2O; Stratospheric tropospheric exchange; Water vapour transport

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN 18; RAIN; TRITIUM;

PRECIPITATION; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

EID: 0031820008     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005896532640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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