Laminae in the tropical middle stratosphere: Origin and age estimation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 4337-4340

  Jost, H ^a   Loewenstein, M ^a   Pfister, L ^a   Margitan, J J ^b   Chang, A Y ^b   Salawitch, R J ^b   Michelsen, H A ^c,d  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d AER Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; MECHANICAL WAVES;

AGE ESTIMATION; ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE BREAKING EVENTS; SECOND HARMONIC INFRARED ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER; BALLOON PAYLOAD; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LAMINATED STRUCTURES; OZONE RESPONSE; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELING; RESIDENCE TIME; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; TROPICS;

LAMINATION; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0033489828     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900153     Document Type: Article

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