A mechanism for moistening the lower stratosphere involving the Asian summer monsoon

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 556, 1999, Pages 1079-1106

  Dethof, A ^a   O'Neill, A ^b   Slingo, J M ^b   Smit, H G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contour advection; Troposphere stratosphere exchange; Water vapour

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; MONSOON; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0032782729     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1999.49712555602     Document Type: Article

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