A tropospheric chemical-transport model: Development and validation of the model transport schemes

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 557, 1999, Pages 1747-1783

  Stockwell, D Zoe ^b   Chipperfield, Martyn P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

3D chemical transport model; Convection; Radon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; RADON; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0032721042     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55713     Document Type: Article

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