Stratospheric ozone intrusion episodes recorded at Mt. Cimone during the VOTALP project: Case studies

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1355-1365

  Bonasoni, P ^a   Evangelisti, F ^a   Bonafe, U ^a   Ravegnani, F ^a   Calzolari, F ^a   Stohl, A ^b   Tositti, L ^c   Tubertini, O ^c   Colombo, T ^d  

^a Ist Stud Fenomeni Fisici C   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Centro Aeronautico di Montagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Carbon monoxide; Cut off low; Stratospheric tracers; Surface ozone; Tropopause folding

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; OZONE LAYER; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

STRATOSPHERIC TRACERS; TROPOPAUSE FOLDING;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

BERYLLIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; LEAD; OZONE;

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

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; ITALY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ITALY;

EID: 0033627126     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00280-0     Document Type: Article

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