Polar ozone and aerosol measurement III measurements of water vapor in the upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages

  Nedoluha, Gerald E ^a   Bevilacqua, Richardr M ^a   Hoppel, Karl W ^a   Lumpe, Jerry D ^b   Smit, Herman ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lowermost stratosphere; Upper troposphere; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 80052000706     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd000793     Document Type: Article

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