Wintertime water vapor in the polar upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere: First satellite observations by Odin submillimeter radiometer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Lossow, S ^a,b   Urban, J ^a   Schmidt, H ^d   Marsh, D R ^c   Gumbel, J ^b   Eriksson, P ^a   Murtagh, D ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERICS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY;

ALTITUDE RANGE; COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; IONIZED ATMOSPHERES; LOWER THERMOSPHERE; MESOSPHERE AND LOWER THERMOSPHERE; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL SIMULATION; POLAR LATITUDE; POLAR REGIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-MILLIMETER RADIOMETERS; UNDERLYING DYNAMICS; WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATION; WATER VAPOR DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR MEASUREMENT;

WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSPHERE; POLAR REGION; RADIOMETER; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

EID: 67650462757     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011462     Document Type: Article

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