The 2009 stratospheric major warming described from synergistic use of BASCOE water vapour analyses and MLS observations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4689-4703

  Lahoz, W A ^a,b   Errera, Q ^c   Viscardy, S ^c   Manney, G L ^d,e  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CYCLONE; METEOROLOGY; POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; WARMING; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

EID: 79957506628     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-4689-2011     Document Type: Article

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