Persistence of stratospheric ozone layers in the troposphere

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2563-2570

  Bithell, M ^a   Vaughan, G ^b   Gray, L J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ozone; Persistency of layers; Potential vorticity; Stratosphere troposphere exchange; Tropopause fold; Tropospheric mixing; Water vapour

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

ISENTROPIC TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGES (STE);

AIR POLLUTION;

OZONE;

OZONE; PERSISTENCE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034034276     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00497-5     Document Type: Article

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