Analysis of passive tracer transport as modeled by an atmospheric general circulation model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1659-1684

  Holzer, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GREEN'S FUNCTION; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE GREEN FUNCTION; TRACERS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CIRCULATION MODELING; TRACE GAS; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0032695715     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1659:AOPTTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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