Dehydration in tropical tropopause layer
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In situ observations of “cold trap” dehydration in the western tropical Pacific F. Hasebe, M. Fujiwara, N. Nishi, M. Shiotani, H. Vömel, S. Oltmans, H. Takashima, S. Saraspriya, and N. Komala Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Geophysical Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan CRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional, Bandung, Indonesia Received: 29 June 2006 – Accepted: 12 July 2006 – Published: 24 July 2006 Correspondence to: F. Hasebe ([email protected])
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