Global satellite measurements of HDO and implications for understanding the transport of water vapour into the stratosphere

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 627, 2007, Pages 1459-1471

  Payne, V H ^a,b   Noone, D ^c   Dudhia, A ^b   Piccolo, C ^b   Grainger, R G ^b  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Horizontal transport; Isotopic composition; MIPAS; Ozone; Stratosphere troposphere exchange; Tropical tropopause layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER SATELLITES;

GLOBAL SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYER; WATER VAPOUR TRANSPORT;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OZONE; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 35548935515     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.127     Document Type: Article

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