Regional and global trace gas distributions and inferred transports in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Schaeler, B ^a,b   Offermann, D ^a   Kuell, V ^a,c   Jarisch, M ^a   Feldmann, H ^d   Ebel, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b CETEQ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d Rhenisch Institute for Environmental Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT;

EID: 21544437884     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004994     Document Type: Article

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