The influence of stratospheric intrusions on alpine ozone concentrations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1323-1354

  Stohl, A ^a   Spichtinger Rakowsky, N ^a   Bonasoni, P ^b   Feldmann, H ^c   Memmesheimer, M ^c   Scheel, H E ^d   Trickl, T ^d   Hubener S ^e   Ringer, W ^f   Mandl, M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Ist Stud Fenomeni Fisici C   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f Bundesanstalt für Lebensmitteluntersuchung   (Austria)

^g ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alps; Beryllium 7; Lagrangian model; Ozone; Stratospheric intrusions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE LAYER; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

STRATOSPHERIC INTRUSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

BERYLLIUM; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OZONE; RESEARCH PROGRAM; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GAS MIXING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033627119     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00320-9     Document Type: Article

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