Ozone measurements in a tropopause fold associated with a cut-off low system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2501-2504

  Langford, A O ^a   Masters, C D ^a,b   Proffitt, M H ^a,b   Hsie, E Y ^a,b   Tuck, A F ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; CALCULATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; STREAM FLOW;

CUT-OFF LOW; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDARS; OZONE MEASUREMENTS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES; VERTICAL OZONE PROFILE; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

OZONE; OZONE LAYER;

CUT-OFF CYCLONE; OZONE MEASUREMENT; TROPOPAUSE FOLD;

DIAL; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDAR; OZONE PROFILE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOPAUSE;

USA;

EID: 0030232727     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02227     Document Type: Article

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