Transport of Mt. Pinatubo aerosol by tropospheric synoptic-scale and stratospheric planetary-scale waves

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 545, 1998, Pages 193-209

  Rogers, H L ^a,b   Norton, W A ^a   Lambert, A ^a   Grainger, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contour advection; ISAMS; Satellite remote sensing; Stratospheric tracer transport; Troposphere stratosphere interaction; Volcanic eruptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000148786     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54508     Document Type: Article

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