Global variations of HDO and HDO/H2O ratios in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere derived from ACE-FTS satellite measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Randel, William J ^a   Moyer, Elisabeth ^b   Park, Mijeong ^a   Jensen, Eric ^c   Bernath, Peter ^d   Walker, Kaley ^e   Boone, Chris ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DEUTERIUM; NATURAL CONVECTION; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VAPORS;

ACE-FTS; ASIAN MONSOON; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT; DEEP CONVECTION; DEUTERATED WATER; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; GLOBAL BEHAVIORS; GLOBAL VARIATIONS; HIGH QUALITY; IN-SITU; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC EFFECTS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; LOWERMOST STRATOSPHERE; NORTH AMERICAN; REGIONAL STRUCTURE; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SUMMER MONSOON; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WESTERN PACIFIC WARM POOL;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GLOBAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84859126748     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016632     Document Type: Article

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