A 1-year Lagrangian "climatology" of airstreams in the Northern Hemisphere troposphere and lowermost stratosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D7, 2001, Pages 7263-7279

  Stohl, Andreas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0034951346     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900570     Document Type: Article

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