Water vapor isotopic composition of a stratospheric air intrusion: Measurements from the Chajnantor Plateau, Chile

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 119, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 9679-9691

  Galewsky, Joseph ^a   Samuels Crow, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

stratospheric intrusions; water vapor isotopic composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921560582     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022047     Document Type: Article

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