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Paleontology
Space and Planetary Science
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Atmospheric Science
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spellingShingle Serreze, Mark C., Barrett, Andrew P., Stroeve, Julienne, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Recent changes in tropospheric water vapor over the Arctic as assessed from radiosondes and atmospheric reanalyses, Paleontology, Space and Planetary Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Geochemistry and Petrology, Soil Science, Water Science and Technology, Ecology, Aquatic Science, Forestry, Oceanography, Geophysics
title Recent changes in tropospheric water vapor over the Arctic as assessed from radiosondes and atmospheric reanalyses
title_full Recent changes in tropospheric water vapor over the Arctic as assessed from radiosondes and atmospheric reanalyses
title_fullStr Recent changes in tropospheric water vapor over the Arctic as assessed from radiosondes and atmospheric reanalyses
title_full_unstemmed Recent changes in tropospheric water vapor over the Arctic as assessed from radiosondes and atmospheric reanalyses
title_short Recent changes in tropospheric water vapor over the Arctic as assessed from radiosondes and atmospheric reanalyses
title_sort recent changes in tropospheric water vapor over the arctic as assessed from radiosondes and atmospheric reanalyses
title_unstemmed Recent changes in tropospheric water vapor over the Arctic as assessed from radiosondes and atmospheric reanalyses
topic Paleontology, Space and Planetary Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Geochemistry and Petrology, Soil Science, Water Science and Technology, Ecology, Aquatic Science, Forestry, Oceanography, Geophysics
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