A scaling analysis of ER-2 data in the inner Arctic vortex during January-March 2000

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Tuck, A F ^a   Hovde, S J ^a,b   Richard, E C ^a,b   Fahey, D W ^a   Gao, R S ^a   Bui, T P ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Multifractal; Ozone; Stratosphere; Vortex; Wind

Indexed keywords

OZONE; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE; WIND PROFILE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0346008095     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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