A climatology of isentropic cross-tropopause exchange

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D22, 2001, Pages 28159-28172

  Seo, Kyong Hwan ^a,b   Bowman, Kenneth P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; MASS TRANSFER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035682425     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000295     Document Type: Article

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