The increase in stratospheric water vapor from balloonborne, frostpoint hygrometer measurements at Washington, D.C., and Boulder, Colorado

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 3453-3456

  Oltmans, S J ^a   Vomel, H ^b   Hofmann, D J ^b   Rosenlof, K H ^b   Kley, D ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA Climate Mon and Diag Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOON OBSERVATION; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

UNITED STATES;

HYGROMETERS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VAPORS; WATER;

WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

EID: 0034352502     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012133     Document Type: Article

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