Interannual variability of trace gases in the subtropical winter stratosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 977-993

  Gray, Lesley J ^a   Russell III, J M ^b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; MIXING; TRACE ELEMENTS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION (QBO); SUBTROPICAL WINTER STRATOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

METHANE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACE GAS; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

EID: 0033117031     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0977:IVOTGI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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