Isentropic cross-tropopause ozone transport in the Northern Hemisphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1068-1078

  Jing, P ^a   Cunnold, D M ^a   Wang, H J ^a   Yang, E S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

POTENTIAL VORTICITY (PV) MAPPING; WAVE BREAKING;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 2442507570     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1068:ICOTIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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