Stratospheric transport in a three-dimensional isentropic coordinate model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2002, Pages ACH-3-1-ACH-3-14

  Mahowald, Natalie M ^a   Plumb, R Alan ^b   Rasch, Phillip J ^c   Del Corral, John ^a   Sassi, Fabrizio ^c   Heres, Will ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of air; Isentropic; Stratosphere troposphere exchange; Transport

Indexed keywords

AIR; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0038123911     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001313     Document Type: Article

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