Mixing zone in the tropical stratosphere above 10 mb

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2497-2500

  Dunkerton, Timothy J ^a   O'Sullivan, Donal J ^a  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; MIXING; TROPICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DATA PROCESSING; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; VAPORIZATION;

MIDLATITUDES; MIXING ZONES; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SUBTROPICAL JET; TRACE CONSTITUENTS; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH SATELLITES;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

MIXING ZONE; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH SATELLITE;

ATMOSPHERIC MIXING; JET; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICS; UARS;

EID: 0030232719     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02302     Document Type: Article

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