Decreases in stratospheric water vapor after 2001: Links to changes in the tropical tropopause and the Brewer-Dobson circulation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Randel, William J ^a   Wu, Fei ^a   Vömel, Holger ^b   Nedoluha, Gerald E ^c   Forster, Piers ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OZONE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33750624182     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006744     Document Type: Article

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