Stratospheric water vapour budget and convection overshooting the tropopause: Modelling study from SCOUT-AMMA

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 8267-8286

  Liu, X M ^a   Riviere E D ^a   Marecal V ^b   Durry, G ^a   Hamdouni, A ^a   Arteta, J ^b,d   Khaykin, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ICE CRYSTAL; MIXING RATIO; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

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EID: 77956333075     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-8267-2010     Document Type: Article

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