Process-evaluation of tropospheric humidity simulated by general circulation models using water vapor isotopic observations: 2. Using isotopic diagnostics to understand the mid and upper tropospheric moist bias in the tropics and subtropics

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Risi, Camille ^a,b   Noone, David ^a   Worden, John ^c   Frankenberg, Christian ^c   Stiller, Gabriele ^d   Kiefer, Michael ^d   Funke, Bernd ^e   Walker, Kaley ^f   Bernath, Peter ^g   Schneider, Matthias ^d,h   Bony, Sandrine ^b   Lee, Jeonghoon ^c,i   Brown, Derek ^a   Sturm, Christophe ^j  

^a Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences University of Colorado at Boulder ^*  (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^h CIAI   (Spain)

ⁱ Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^j STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DIFFUSION; ISOTOPES; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS;

ADDED VALUES; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CLOUD CONDENSATION; CLOUD PROCESS; FREE TROPOSPHERE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IN-SITU; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC MEASUREMENT; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; SEASONALITY; TROPOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DIFFUSION; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT;

TROPICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONALITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL REGION; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84863246372     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016623     Document Type: Article

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