The impact of subvisible cirrus clouds near the tropical tropopause on stratospheric water vapor

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1883-1886

  Rosenfield, Joan E ^a,c   Considine, David B ^b,c   Schoeberl, Mark R ^c   Browell, Edward V ^d  

^a GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT RADIATION; HEATING; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIANT HEATING; WATER VAPOR; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPICS; VAPORS;

LIDAR OBSERVATION; LOG-NORMAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; RADIATION DYNAMICS; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE;

CLOUDS;

SUBVISIBLE CIRRUS CLOUDS;

CIRRUS; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0032100257     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl01294     Document Type: Article

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