Water vapor at the tropopause during the CRISTA 2 mission

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D23, 2002, Pages

  Offermann, D ^a   Schaeler, B ^a   Riese, M ^b   Langfermann, M ^c   Jarisch, M ^a   Eidmann, G ^d   Schiller, C ^b   Smit, H G J ^b   Read, W G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^d Vacuumschmelze GmbH   (Germany)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constituent transport; CRISTA; Middle atmosphere dynamics; Trace gas variability; Tropopause; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042472552     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000700     Document Type: Article

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