Water vapor measurements from the troposphere to the lowermost stratosphere: Some signatures of troposphere to stratosphere exchanges

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D14, 1999, Pages 16973-16978

  Ovarlez, Joëlle ^a   Van Velthoven, Peter ^b   Schlager, Hans ^c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033407454     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900318     Document Type: Article

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