Arctic stratospheric dehydration - Part 1: Unprecedented observation of vertical redistribution of water

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 11504-11517

  Khaykin, S M ^a,b   Engel, I ^c,f   Vomel H ^d   Formanyuk, I M ^a   Kivi, R ^e   Korshunov, L I ^a   Kramer M ^f   Lykov, A D ^a   Meier, S ^d   Naebert, T ^d   Pitts, M C ^g   Santee, M L ^h   Spelten, N ^f   Wienhold, F G ^c   Yushkov, V A ^a   Peter, T ^c  

^a CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^d DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^g NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CALIPSO; CLOUD; DEHYDRATION; LIDAR; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; REHYDRATION; SEDIMENTATION; STRATOSPHERE; SUBLIMATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84884247991     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-11503-2013     Document Type: Article

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