Technical note: Reanalysis of upper troposphere humidity data from the MOZAIC programme for the period 1994 to 2009

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13241-13255

  Smit, H G J ^a   Rohs, S ^a   Neis, P ^a   Boulanger, D ^b   Kramer M ^a   Wahner, A ^a   Petzold, A ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CONDENSATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84918533154     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-13241-2014     Document Type: Article

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