Satellite observation of dehydration in the Arctic Polar stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Pan, L L ^a   Randel, W J ^a   Nakajima, H ^b   Massie, S T ^a   Kanzawa, H ^b   Sasano, Y ^b   Yokota, T ^b   Sugita, T ^b   Hayashida, S ^c   Oshchepkov, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

GAS PHASE REDUCTION; IMPROVED LIMB ATMOSPHERIC SPECTROMETERS; MOUNTAIN WAVE; POLAR STRATOSPHERE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION; SPACE-BORNE;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0037092364     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014147     Document Type: Article

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