Horizontal transport and the dehydration of the stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 2799-2802

  Holton, James R ^a   Gettelman, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DEHYDRATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

DIABITIC COOLING;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DEHYDRATION; STRATOSPHERE; WATER BUDGET; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0035878286     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013148     Document Type: Article

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