Characteristics of arctic low-tropospheric humidity inversions based on radio soundings

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1959-1971

  Nygard T ^a   Valkonen, T ^a,b   Vihma, T ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

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EID: 84894424304     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-1959-2014     Document Type: Article

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