An update of observed stratospheric temperature trends

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Randel, William J ^a   Shine, Keith P ^b   Austin, John ^c   Barnett, John ^d   Claud, Chantal ^e   Gillett, Nathan P ^f   Keckhut, Philippe ^g   Langematz, Ulrike ^h   Lin, Roger ⁱ   Long, Craig ⁱ   Mears, Carl ^j   Miller, Alvin ⁱ   Nash, John ^k   Seidel, Dian J ^c   Thompson, David W J ^l   Wu, Fei ^a   Yoden, Shigeo ^m  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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

^h FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

ⁱ CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^j REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

^k MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^l Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^m KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE; RADIOSONDES; SATELLITES; SOLAR ENERGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLES; ATMOSPHERIC CO; COOLING TRENDS; DATA SETS; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; LIDAR OBSERVATIONS; LOWER STRATOSPHERES; MEAN COOLING; MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNITS; RADIOSONDE DATUM; SATELLITE DATA SETS; SATELLITE DATUM; SOLAR CYCLES; SOLAR MAXIMUM; SOLAR MINIMUM; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; LIDAR; NOAA SATELLITE; RADIOSONDE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 62749123545     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010421     Document Type: Article

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