Beryllium 10/beryllium 7 as a tracer of stratospheric transport

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D4, 1998, Pages 3907-3917

  Koch, Dorothy ^a,b   Rind, David ^b  

^a NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BERYLLIUM; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER;

EID: 0032570480     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JD03117     Document Type: Article

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