Chaotic mixing and transport barriers in an idealized stratospheric polar vortex

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 2616-2629

  Mizuta, R ^a   Yoden, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; MIXING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VORTEX FLOW;

PLANETARY WAVES;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MIXING; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0035439941     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<2616:CMATBI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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