Water vapor in the tropical lower stratosphere during the driest phase of the atmospheric "tape recorder"

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D19, 2001, Pages 22695-22705

  Clark, H L ^a   Billingham, A ^a   Harwood, R S ^a   Pumphrey, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WATER VAPOR;

INDONESIA; PANAMA;

EID: 0034754791     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000021     Document Type: Article

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