Vertical velocity, vertical diffusion, and dilution by midlatitude air in the tropical lower stratosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D8, 1998, Pages 8651-8666

  Mote, Philip W ^a,b   Dunkerton, Timothy J ^a   McIntyre, Michael E ^c   Ray, Eric A ^d   Haynes, Peter H ^c   Russell III, James M ^e  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; DIFFUSION; FLOW; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0032571710     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD00203     Document Type: Article

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