Intraseasonal variations of water vapor in the tropical upper troposphere and tropopause region

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D13, 2000, Pages 17457-17470

  Mote, Philip W ^a,b   Clark, Hannah L ^c   Dunkerton, Timothy J ^a   Harwood, Robert S ^c   Pumphrey, Hugh C ^c  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEASONALITY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033793784     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900158     Document Type: Article

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