On the control of stratospheric humidity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2513-2516

  Sherwood, Steven C ^a   Dessler, Andrew E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMIDITY; STRATOSPHERE;

DEHYDRATION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MOISTURE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; TROPICAL TROPOSPHERE;

HUMIDITY CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

COLD TRAP; STRATOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; TROPOPAUSE LAYER;

EID: 0034352680     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011438     Document Type: Article

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