Mechanisms for pollutant transport between the boundary layer and the free troposphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D8, 2001, Pages 7847-7856

  Donnell, Elisabeth A ^a   Fish, Deb J ^a   Dicks, Ed M ^a   Thorpe, Alan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0034956986     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900730     Document Type: Article

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