Decay of a cut-off low and contribution to stratosphere-troposphere exchange

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 564, 2000, Pages 1117-1141

  Gouget, H ^a   Vaughan, G ^a   Marenco, A ^b   Smit, H G J ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cut off low; Ozone; Potential vorticity; Trajectories; Tropopause

Indexed keywords

LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; OZONE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION;

EID: 0034022230     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56413     Document Type: Article

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