Subtropical tropopause break as a possible stratospheric source of ozone in the tropical troposphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-36

  Baray, J L ^c   Ancellet, G ^a   Taupin, F G ^c   Bessafi, M ^c   Baldy, S ^c   Keckhut, P ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c NONE

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EID: 0001778876     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(97)00116-8     Document Type: Article

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