Stratospheric water vapor increases over the past half-century

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1195-1198

  Rosenlof, K H ^a   Oltmans, S J ^a   Kley, D ^b   Russell III, J M ^c   Chiou, E W ^d   Chu, W P ^e   Johnson, D G ^f   Kelly, K K ^a   Michelsen, H A ^g   Nedoluha, G E ^h   Remsberg, E E ^e   Toon, G C ⁱ   McCormick, M P ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^g SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^h NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VAPORS; WATER;

STRATOSPHERIC WATER VAPORS;

GEOPHYSICS; WATER VAPOR;

STRATOSPHERE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER VAPOR;

LONG TERM CHANGE; SINGLE EVENT;

EID: 0344755853     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012502     Document Type: Article

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