Cold trap dehydration in the Tropical Tropopause Layer characterised by SOWER chilled-mirror hygrometer network data in the Tropical Pacific

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4393-4411

  Hasebe, F ^a   Inai, Y ^b   Shiotani, M ^c   Fujiwara, M ^a   Vomel H ^d   Nishi, N ^e   Ogino, S Y ^f   Shibata, T ^g   Iwasaki, S ^h   Komala, N ⁱ   Peter, T ^j   Oltmans, S J ^k  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GRUAN Lead Center   (Germany)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

ⁱ National Institute of Aeronautics and Space   (Indonesia)

^j ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; DEHYDRATION; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; RADIOSONDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STRATOSPHERE; SUPERSATURATION; TRACER; TROPOPAUSE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84883524229     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-4393-2013     Document Type: Article

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