Water vapour and ozone profiles in the midlatitude upper troposphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 963-971

  Vaughan, Geraint ^a,b   Cambridge, C ^a   Dean, L ^a   Phillips, A W ^a,c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 17644412022     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-5-963-2005     Document Type: Article

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