EOS MLS observations of dehydration in the 2004-2005 polar winters

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Jimenez C ^a   Pumphrey, H C ^a   MacKenzie, I A ^a   Manney, G L ^b,c   Santee, M L ^b   Schwartz, M J ^b   Harwood, R S ^a   Waters, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD EFFECTS; DEHYDRATION; ICE; MICROWAVE DEVICES; VAPORS;

EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; POLAR WINTERS; WATER VAPOR;

GEOPHYSICS;

DEHYDRATION; EOS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLAR REGION; POLAR VORTEX; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33845658167     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025926     Document Type: Article

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