Stratosphere-troposphere exchange: A review, and what we have learned from STACCATO

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Stohl, A ^a   Bonasoni, P ^b   Cristofanelli, P ^b   Collins, W ^c   Feichter, J ^d   Frank, A ^e   Forster, C ^a   Gerasopoulos, E ^f   Gaggeler H ^g   James, P ^a   Kentarchos, T ^h   Kromp Kolb, H ^e   Kruger B ^e   Land, C ^d   Meloen, J ⁱ   Papayannis, A ^j   Priller, A ^k   Seibert, P ^e   Sprenger, M ^l   Roelofs, G J ^h   Scheel, H E ^m   Schnabel, C ^g   Siegmund, P ⁱ   Tobler, L ^g   Trickl, T ^m   Wernli, H ^l   Wirth, V ⁿ   Zanis, P ^f   Zerefos, C ^f   more..

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^j NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^k Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator   (Austria)

^l Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^m KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁿ JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Brewer Dobson circulation; Lagrangian model; Reanalysis; Trajectories; Tropopause

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TRAJECTORY; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0942267369     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002490     Document Type: Article

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