Troposphere-to-stratosphere transport in the lowermost stratosphere from measurements of H2O, CO2, N2O and O3

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2655-2658

  Hintsa, E J ^a,d   Boering, K A ^a   Weinstock, E M ^a,d   Anderson, J G ^a,d   Gary, B L ^b   Pfister, L ^c   Daube, B C ^a   Wofsy, S C ^a   Loewenstein, M ^c   Podolske, J R ^c   Margitan, J J ^b   Bui, T P ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric transport; Stratosphere; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT; TROPICS; WATER; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; MIXING; NASA; TROPOSPHERE;

STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; HIGH WATER; LOWERMOST STRATOSPHERE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MIDLATITUDES; MIXING LINES; MIXING PROCESS; MIXING RATIOS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0032129123     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01797     Document Type: Article

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