Modeling atmospheric stable water isotopes and the potential for constraining cloud processes and stratosphere-troposphere water exchange

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Schmidt, Gavin A ^a   Hoffmann, Georg ^b   Shindell, Drew T ^a   Hu, Yongyun ^c  

^a NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION;

EID: 29244433540     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD005790     Document Type: Article

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