Vertical structure of stratospheric water vapour trends derived from merged satellite data

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 768-776

  Hegglin, M I ^a   Plummer, D A ^b   Shepherd, T G ^a   Scinocca, J F ^b   Anderson, J ^c   Froidevaux, L ^d   Funke, B ^e   Hurst, D ^f   Rozanov, A ^g   Urban, J ^h   Von Clarmann, T ⁱ   Walker, K A ^j   Wang, H J ^k   Tegtmeier, S ^l   Weigel, K ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^h CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

ⁱ KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BALLOON OBSERVATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; GREENHOUSE GAS; METEOROLOGY; METHANE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TRANSFER FUNCTION; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

BOULDER; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907983465     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NGEO2236     Document Type: Article

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