Diagnosing extratropical synoptic-scale stratosphere-troposphere exchange: A case study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 554, 1999, Pages 635-655

  Wirth, V ^a   Egger, J ^b  

^a Meteorologisches Institut   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cut off cyclone; Mass flux; Stratosphere troposphere exchange; Tropopause

Indexed keywords

STRATOSPHERE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033011289     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55412     Document Type: Article

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