Unprecedented evidence for deep convection hydrating the tropical stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Corti, T ^a   Luo, B P ^a   de Reus, M ^b   Brunner, D ^c   Cairo, F ^d   Mahoney, M J ^e   Martucci, G ^f   Matthey, R ^g   Mitev, V ^g   dos Santos, F H ^h   Schiller, C ^h   Shur, G ⁱ   Sitnikov, N M ⁱ   Spelten, N ^h   Vossing H J ^b   Borrmann, S ^b,j   Peter, T ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f PST VEGA di Venezia ^*  (Italy)

^g CSEM   (Switzerland)

^h FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

ⁱ CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICS;

CONVECTIVE EVENTS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DEEP CONVECTIONS; ICE PARTICLES; IN-SITU; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURES; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERES;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DEHYDRATION; EVAPORATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; REMOTE SENSING; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 49749119879     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033641     Document Type: Article

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