Long-term changes of methane and hydrogen in the stratosphere in the period 1978-2003 and their impact on the abundance of stratospheric water vapor

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Rohs, S ^a   Schiller, C ^a   Riese, M ^a   Engel, A ^b   Schmidt, U ^b   Wetter, T ^b   Levin, I ^c   Nakazawa, T ^d   Aoki, S ^d  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; HYDROGEN; METHANE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROGEN; METHANE; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; STRATOSPHERE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33846117135     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006877     Document Type: Article

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