The impact of temperature vertical structure on trajectory modeling of stratospheric water vapor

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3517-3526

  Wang, T ^a,b   Dessler, A E ^a   Schoeberl, M R ^c   Randel, W J ^d   Kim, J E ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84926058960     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-3517-2015     Document Type: Article

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