Weak impact of mixing on chlorine deactivation during SOLVE/THESEO 2000: Lagrangian modeling (CLaMS) versus ER-2 in situ observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Konopka, Paul ^a   Grooß, Jens Uwe ^a   Günther, Gebhard ^a   McKenna, Daniel S ^a   Müller, Rolf ^a   Elkins, James W ^b   Fahey, David ^c   Popp, Peter ^c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lagrangian modeling; Mixing; Ozone loss; SOLVE THESEO 2000; Stratospheric diffusion; Stratospheric transport

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; MIXING; MODELING; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR VORTEX;

EID: 0141498922     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd000876     Document Type: Article

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