Stratosphere-to-troposphere transport: A model and method evaluation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Cristofanelli, P ^a   Bonasoni, P ^a   Collins, W ^b   Feichter, J ^c   Forster, C ^d   James, P ^d   Kentarchos, A ^e   Kubik, P W ^f   Land, C ^c   Meloen, J ^g   Roelofs, G J ^e   Siegmund, P ^g   Sprenger, M ^h   Schnabel, C ^i,j   Stohl, A ^d   Tobler, L ^f   Tositti, L ^k   Trickl, T ^l   Zanis, P ^m  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^g ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^h ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^j ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^l KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^m ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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Author keywords

Model validation; Stratosphere to troposphere exchange; Stratospheric intrusion; Stratospheric tracers

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TRACER;

EID: 0942299893     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002600     Document Type: Article

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