Stratospheric water vapour changes as a possible contributor to observed stratospheric cooling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 3309-3312

  Forster, Piers M De F ^a,b   Shine, Keith P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CRC S Hemisphere Meteorol M   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; OZONE LAYER; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VAPORS; WATER; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; OZONE;

STRATOSPHERIC COOLING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

COOLING; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ANTHROPOGENIC CAUSE; HUMAN INFLUENCES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; OZONE LOSS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0343750717     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010487     Document Type: Article

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