A low latitude stratospheric intrusion associated with a cut-off low

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-70

  Kentarchos, Anastasios S ^a,c   Davies, Trevor D ^a   Zerefos, Christos S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

OZONESONDE; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY FIELDS; STRATOSPHERIC INTRUSION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

OZONESONDE; STRATOSPHERIC INTRUSION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0031803802     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03351     Document Type: Article

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