Erosion and mixing of filaments in the arctic lower stratosphere revealed by airborne lidar measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Flentje, Harald ^a   Kiemle, Christoph ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne lidar; Filaments; Polar vortex; Stratospheric mixing processes

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; LIDAR; MIXING; OZONE DEPLETION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 1642457192     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002168     Document Type: Article

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