Water Isotope Ratios D/H, 18O/16O, 17O/16O in and out of Clouds Map Dehydration Pathways

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5651, 2003, Pages 1742-1745

  Webster, Christopher R ^a   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DEHYDRATION; ISOTOPES; LASER APPLICATIONS; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS;

CIRRUS CLOUDS;

WATER;

ISOTOPE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN 17; OXYGEN 18; WATER;

CLOUD; DEHYDRATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; TROPOSPHERE; WATER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLOUD; DEHYDRATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER SAMPLING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0344326934     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1089496     Document Type: Article

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