Transport and freeze-drying in the tropical tropopause layer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Jensen, Eric ^a   Pfister, Leonhard ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clouds; Dehydration; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; ICE CRYSTAL; NUCLEATION; TRAJECTORY; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 2642568649     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd004022     Document Type: Article

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