Onset, extent, and duration of dehydration in the Southern Hemisphere polar vortex

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D19, 2001, Pages 22979-22989

  Stone, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Tabazadeh, Azadeh ^a   Jensen, Eric ^a   Pumphrey, Hugh C ^c   Santee, Michelle L ^d   Mergenthaler, John L ^e  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ASML US Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; POLAR VORTEX; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0034762091     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000101     Document Type: Article

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