Interannual changes of stratospheric water vapor and correlations with tropical tropopause temperatures

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 2133-2148

  Randel, William J ^a   Wu, Fei ^a   Oltmans, Samuel J ^b   Rosenlof, Karen ^b   Nedoluha, Gerald E ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CORRELATION METHODS; OZONE; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; TROPICS;

STRATOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; TROPOPAUSE TEMPERATURES;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BALLOON OBSERVATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 4844222789     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<2133:ICOSWV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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