Water vapor measurements in the mesosphere from Mauna Loa over solar cycle 23

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Nedoluha, Gerald E ^a   Michael Gomez, R ^a   Hicks, Brian C ^a   Wrotny, Jonathan E ^a   Boone, Chris ^b   Lambert, Alyn ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT LANDING SYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ABSOLUTE MEASUREMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT; DATA SETS; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; HALOGEN OCCULTATION EXPERIMENTS; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MAUNA LOA; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MILLIMETER-WAVE SPECTROMETERS; PRIMARY WATER; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR CYCLE VARIATIONS; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; WATER VAPOR MEASUREMENT; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

WATER VAPOR;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MESOSPHERE; MIXING RATIO; SOLAR CYCLE; WATER VAPOR;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNA LOA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72049093460     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012504     Document Type: Article

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