Seasonal behavior of tropical to midlatitude upper tropospheric water vapor from UARS MLS

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D20, 1998, Pages 25935-25947

  Sandor, Brad J ^a,b,d   Read, William G ^a   Waters, Joe W ^a   Rosenlof, Karen H ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMIDITY; SEASONALITY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0032573251     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD02272     Document Type: Article

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