Transport of mesospheric H 2O during and after the stratospheric sudden warming of January 2010: Observation and simulation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 5413-5427

  Straub, C ^a   Tschanz, B ^a   Hocke, K ^a   Kampfer N ^a   Smith, A K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AURA (SATELLITE); GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSPHERE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; MIXING RATIO; POLAR VORTEX; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATOSPHERE; WARMING; WATER; WATER VAPOR;

FINLAND; LAPPI [FINLAND]; SODANKYLA;

EID: 84863206213     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-5413-2012     Document Type: Article

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