High-resolution stratospheric tracer fields reconstructed with Lagrangian techniques: A comparative analysis of predictive skill

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1943-1958

  Dragani, R ^a   Redaelli, G ^a   Visconti, G ^a   Mariotti, A ^a   Rudakov, V ^a   MacKenzie, A R ^a   Stefanutti, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OZONE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

TRACER FIELDS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER;

EID: 0037096447     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<1943:HRSTFR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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