Tracer transport in the tropical stratosphere due to vertical diffusion and horizontal mixing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1383-1386

  Hall, Timothy M ^a   Waugh, Darryn ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION;

HORIZONTAL MIXING; TRACER TRANSPORT; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE; VERTICAL DIFFUSION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MIXING; ATMOSPHERIC TRACER; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER TRANSPORT; TROPICS;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; ISENTROPIC SURFACES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MIXING RATIOS; TRACER TRANSPORT; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE; VERTICAL DIFFUSION;

EID: 0031158722     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01289     Document Type: Article

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