Chemical perturbation of the lowermost stratosphere through exchange with the troposphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 603-606

  Lelieveld, J ^a   Bregman, B ^a   Arnold, F ^b   Burger V ^b   Crutzen, P J ^c   Fischer, H ^c   Waibel, A ^c   Siegmund, P ^d   Van Velthoven, P F J ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; MASS SPECTROMETERS; NITRIC ACID; OXYGEN; OZONE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TROPOSPHERE; AIR TRANSPORTATION; CARBON; CLOUDS; MIXING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE LAYER; POLLUTION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIRCRAFT EXHAUSTS; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; STRATOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

ATMOSPHERIC MIXING; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC ACID; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EUROPE, (WEST);

AIRCRAFT EXHAUSTS; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; CHEMICAL PERTURBATIONS; LOWERMOST STRATOSPHERE; MIXING RATIOS; TRANSITION REGIONS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0031086964     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00255     Document Type: Article

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