Deep stratospheric intrusions: A statistical assessment with model guided analyses

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 3207-3226

  Elbern, H ^a   Kowol, J ^a   Sladkovic R ^b   Ebel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beryllium measurements; Lower troposphere ozone budget; Mesoscale simulations; Stratosphere troposphere exchange; Trajectory analyses; Tropopause folds

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

STRATOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERIC AIR;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

BERYLLIUM; OZONE;

AIR PARCEL; INTRUSION; MOUNTAIN REGION; OZONE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TRAJECTORY;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ALTITUDE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0031259708     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00063-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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