CO2 and SF6 as stratospheric age tracers: Consistency and the effect of mesospheric SF6-loss

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 341-344

  Strunk, M ^a   Engel, A ^a   Schmidt, U ^a   Volk, C M ^a   Wetter, T ^a   Levin, I ^b   Glatzel Mattheier, H ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER;

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AIR PARCELS; AIR SAMPLERS; AIR SAMPLES; BALLOON FLIGHTS; MEAN AGES; MIDLATITUDES; MIXING RATIOS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

MESOSPHERE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 0034353474     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL011044     Document Type: Article

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