The Brewer-Dobson circulation in the light of high altitude in situ aircraft observations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 537, 1997, Pages 1-69

  Tuck, A F ^a,i   Baumgardner, D ^b   Chan, K R ^c   Dye, J E ^b   Elkins, J W ^d   Hovde, S J ^a,e   Kelly, K K ^a   Loewenstein, M ^c   Margitan, J J ^f   May, R D ^f   Podolske, J R ^c   Proffitt, M H ^a,e   Rosenlof, K H ^a,e   Smith, W L ^g   Webster, C R ^f   Wilson, J C ^h  

^a NOAA Aeronomy Laborator   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NOAA Climate Monitoring D   (United States)

^e University of Colorado ^*  (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

ⁱ NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne observations; Atmospheric chemistry; Stratospheric circulation; Troposphere stratosphere interaction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0030780571     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53701     Document Type: Article

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