Accuracy of trajectories as determined from the conservation of meteorological tracers

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 549, 1998, Pages 1465-1484

  Stohl, A ^a,b   Seibert, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TRAJECTORY;

EID: 0031765406     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54906     Document Type: Article

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