An estimate of the impact of stratosphere-to-troposphere transport (STT) on the lower free tropospheric ozone over the Alps using 10Be and 7Be measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Zanis, P ^a   Gerasopoulos, E ^a   Priller, A ^b   Schnabel, C ^c,d   Stohl, A ^e   Zerefos, C ^a   Gaggeler H W ^c,f   Tobler, L ^e   Kubik, P W ^d   Kanter, H J ^g   Scheel, H E ^g   Luterbacher, J ^c   Berger, M ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^g KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alps; Cosmogenic radionuclides; Stratospheric intrusions; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TROPOSPHERE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 0942267367     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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