Mesoscale modelling of water vapour in the tropical UTLS: Two case studies from the HIBISCUS campaign

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1471-1489

  Marecal V ^a   Durry, G ^b,c   Longo, K ^d   Freitas, S ^d   Riviere E D ^b   Pirre, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BALLOON OBSERVATION; MIXING RATIO; SATURATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL REGION; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33947370475     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-1471-2007     Document Type: Article

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