A Lagrangian study of the three-dimensional transport of boundary-layer tracers in an idealised baroclinic-wave life-cycle

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 227-247

  Wang, K Y ^a   Shallcross, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baroclinic wave; Lagrangian motion; Tracer transport

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT; TRACER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; TRACER; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

AIR; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE; GAS; GEOGRAPHY; MODEL;

EID: 0033970656     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006301121309     Document Type: Article

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