Horizontal water vapor transport in the lower stratosphere from subtropics to high latitudes during boreal summer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 8111-8127

  Ploeger, F ^a   Gunther G ^a   Konopka, P ^a   Fueglistaler, S ^b   Muller R ^a   Hoppe, C ^a   Kunz, A ^a,c   Spang, R ^a   Grooss J U ^a   Riese, M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; horizontal transport; stratosphere troposphere exchange; UTLS; water vapor; water vapor continuity equation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MIXING; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ASIAN MONSOON; CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE; UTLS;

WATER VAPOR;

ANNUAL CYCLE; BOREAL; EDDY; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MIXING RATIO; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER; WATER VAPOR;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 84882795287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50636     Document Type: Article

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