Age of stratospheric air: Theory, observations, and models

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1-1-1-26

  Waugh, Darryn W ^a   Hall, Timothy M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Stratosphere; Tracers; Transport

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TRACER; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 0038237347     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000RG000101     Document Type: Article

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