Small-scale mixing, large-scale advection, and stratospheric tracer distributions

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2749-2761

  Vanneste, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HEURISTIC METHODS; MIXING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

LARGE-SCALE ADVECTION; SMALL-SCALE MIXING; STRATOSPHERIC TRACERS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TURBULENCE;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 11144347911     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3303.1     Document Type: Article

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