Stratospheric water vapor trends over Boulder, Colorado: Analysis of the 30 year Boulder record

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Hurst, Dale F ^a,b   Oltmans, Samuel J ^b   Vömel, Holger ^c   Rosenlof, Karen H ^b   Davis, Sean M ^a,b   Ray, Eric A ^a,b   Hall, Emrys G ^a,b   Jordan, Allen F ^a,b  

^a Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences University of Colorado ^*  (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DATA RECORDS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; METHANE OXIDATION; MIDLATITUDES; PIECEWISE REGRESSION; TREND ANALYSIS; VAPOR GROWTH; WATER VAPOR MEASUREMENT;

WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; METHANE; OXIDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

BOULDER; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551649917     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015065     Document Type: Article

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