Dehydration of the stratosphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 8433-8446

  Schoeberl, M R ^a   Dessler, A E ^b  

^a SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DEHYDRATION; DIABATIC PROCESS; GRAVITY WAVE; MIXING RATIO; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATURATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 80051923669     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-8433-2011     Document Type: Article

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