Diurnal changes in middle atmospheric H2O and O3: Observations in the Alpine region and climate models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Haefele, Alexander ^a   Hocke, K ^a   Kampfer N ^a   Keckhut, P ^b   Marchand, M ^c   Bekki, S ^c   Morel, Beatrice ^d   Egorova, T ^e   Rozanov, E ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^e WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^f Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIOMETERS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 56349104744     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009892     Document Type: Article

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