Tropical aerosol in the Aleutian High

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D6, 1999, Pages 6281-6290

  Harvey, V Lynn ^a,c   Hitchman, Matthew H ^b   Pierce, R Bradley ^c   Fairlie, T Duncan ^c,d  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0033608657     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD200094     Document Type: Article

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