Middle atmosphere age of air in a globally balanced two-dimensional model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D12, 2000, Pages 15201-15212

  Zhu, Xun ^a   Yee, Jeng Hwa ^a   Strobel, Darrell F ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033792606     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900230     Document Type: Article

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