Water vapor heterogeneity related to tropopause folds over the North Atlantic revealed by airborne water vapor differential absorption lidar

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Flentje, Harald ^a   Dornbrack A ^a   Ehret, G ^a   Fix, A ^a   Kiemle, C ^a   Poberaj, G ^a,b   Wirth, M ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; LIDAR; PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 17344363196     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004957     Document Type: Article

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