Articles | Volume 12, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-5413-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-5413-2012
Research article
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22 Jun 2012
Research article |  | 22 Jun 2012

Transport of mesospheric H2O during and after the stratospheric sudden warming of January 2010: observation and simulation

C. Straub, B. Tschanz, K. Hocke, N. Kämpfer, and A. K. Smith

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