Stratospheric influences on the tropospheric seasonal cycles of nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Nevison, C D ^a   Kinnison, D E ^a   Weiss, R F ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

0322 Atmospheric composition and structure: Constituent sources and sinks; 0341 Atmospheric composition and structure middle atmosphere constituent transport and chemistry (3334); 0368 Atmospheric composition and structure: Troposphere Constituent transport and chemistry; 3362 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Stratosphere troposphere interactions

Indexed keywords

GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODELS; TRACE GASES; TROPOSPHERIC SEASONAL CYCLES;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CFC; NITROUS OXIDE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION;

EID: 11844251246     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020398     Document Type: Article

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