Transport of near-tropopause air into the lower midlatitude stratosphere

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 549, 1998, Pages 1559-1578

  Vaughan, G ^a,b   Timmis, C ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0031734882     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54909     Document Type: Article

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