Cloud formation, convection, and stratospheric dehydration

Earth and Space Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-17

  Schoeberl, Mark R ^a   Dessler, Andrew E ^b   Wang, Tao ^b,c   Avery, Melody A ^d   Jensen, Eric J ^e  

^a SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cirrus; convection; stratospheric water vapor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976648348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23335084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014EA000014     Document Type: Article

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