Response of the stratospheric temperatures and ozone to past and future increases in stratospheric humidity

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D7, 2001, Pages 7505-7514

  Dvortsov, Victor L ^a,b   Solomon, Susan ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMIDITY; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

BOULDER; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034953169     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900637     Document Type: Article

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