Evaluation of trajectories calculated from ECMWF data against constant volume balloon flights during ETEX

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4151-4156

  Stohl, Andreas ^a   Koffi, N'dri Ernest ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Constant level balloons; Constant volume balloons; ETEX; Tracer experiments; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLUOROCARBONS; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND;

CONSTANT VOLUME BALLOONS; PERFLUOROCARBON TRACERS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRACER; TRAJECTORY;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BALLOON; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EUROPE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032403143     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00185-X     Document Type: Article

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