Weather from the stratosphere?

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5631, 2003, Pages

  Baldwin, Mark P ^a   Thompson, David W J ^b   Shuckburgh, Emily F ^c   Norton, Warwick A ^d   Gillett, Nathan P ^e  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATOSPHERE; WEATHER;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER;

EID: 0037962444     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1085688     Document Type: Review

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