Pairing measurements of the water vapor isotope ratio with humidity to deduce atmospheric moistening and dehydration in the tropical midtroposphere

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4476-4494

  Noone, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clouds; Humidity; Hydrologic cycle; Mixing; Transport; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

CLOUD PROCESS; DRY AIR; HIGH HUMIDITY; HIGH LATITUDES; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPIC DATA; ISOTOPIC INFORMATION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; MIDTROPOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TRANSPORT; TROPICAL ORIGINS; TROPOSPHERIC EMISSION SPECTROMETERS; TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURE; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO; WESTERN PACIFIC;

CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; DISTILLATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; MIXING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPICS; VAPORS; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ADVECTION; CLOUD; CONDENSATION; DEHYDRATION; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MIXING RATIO; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84856951192     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00582.1     Document Type: Article

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