The advection-diffusion problem for stratospheric flow. Part II: Probability distribution function of tracer gradients

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 2830-2845

  Hu, Yongyun ^a   Pierrehumbert, Raymond T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

TRACER GRADIENTS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER;

EID: 0036797217     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<2830:TADPFS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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