Stratosphere‐troposphere exchange

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 403-439

  Holton, James R ^a   Haynes, Peter H ^a   McIntyre, Michael E ^a   Douglass, Anne R ^a   Rood, Richard B ^a   Pfister, Leonhard ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SPECIES TRANSPORT; STRATOSPHERE/TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE; WAVE INDUCED FORCING;

EID: 0029513229     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: 19449208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95RG02097     Document Type: Review

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