Transport into the Northern Hemisphere lowermost stratosphere revealed by in situ tracer measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D21, 1999, Pages 26565-26580

  Ray, Eric A ^a,b   Moore, Fred L ^a,b   Elkins, James W ^a   Dutton, Geoffrey S ^a,b   Fahey, David W ^c   Vömel, Holger ^a,b   Oltmans, Samuel J ^a   Rosenlof, Karen H ^b,c  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Coop Inst Res in Environ Sci ^*  (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033589514     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900323     Document Type: Article

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