Stratosphere-troposphere exchange at the subtropical jet: Contribution to the tropospheric ozone budget at midlatitudes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2449-2452

  Langford, A O ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE LAYER; RADIOSONDES; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; BUDGET CONTROL; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; OZONE; WIND; WIND EFFECTS;

DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDAR; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MIXING RATIOS; STRATOSPHERE TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE; SUBTROPICAL JET; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDARS; EASTERN PACIFIC; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MIDLATITUDES; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; TROPOSPHERE;

OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033384836     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900556     Document Type: Article

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