Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-999-1218-7
© European Geosciences Union 1999
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-999-1218-7
© European Geosciences Union 1999
30 Sep 1999
30 Sep 1999
A distribution law for relative humidity in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere derived from three years of MOZAIC measurements
K. Gierens
Fax: +4918153128-1841, e-mail: klaus.gierens@der.de
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, D-82234 Weßling, Germany
Fax: +4918153128-1841, e-mail: klaus.gierens@der.de
U. Schumann
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, D-82234 Weßling, Germany
Fax: +4918153128-1841, e-mail: klaus.gierens@der.de
M. Helten
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institut für Chemie der belasteten Atmosphäre (ICG2), Postfach 1913, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
Fax: +4918153128-1841, e-mail: klaus.gierens@der.de
H. Smit
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institut für Chemie der belasteten Atmosphäre (ICG2), Postfach 1913, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
Fax: +4918153128-1841, e-mail: klaus.gierens@der.de
A. Marenco
Laboratoire d'Aerologie, CNRS, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France
Fax: +4918153128-1841, e-mail: klaus.gierens@der.de
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