A 15-year climatology of stratosphere-troposphere exchange with a Lagrangian particle dispersion model: 1. Methodology and validation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  James, P ^a   Stohl, A ^a   Forster, C ^a   Eckhardt, S ^a   Seibert, P ^b   Frank, A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATOLOGY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION;

EID: 17144439246     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002637     Document Type: Article

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