Measurements of middle atmospheric water vapor from low latitudes and midlatitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, 1995-1998

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D16, 1999, Pages 19257-19266

  Nedoluha, Gerald E ^a   Bevilacqua, Richard M ^a   Gomez, R Michael ^a   Hicks, Brian C ^a   Russell III, James M ^b,c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MIXING RATIO; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033609633     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900419     Document Type: Review

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