Simulation of the fine structure of the 12 July 1996 Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment: Radiation, Aerosols and Ozone (STERAO-A) storm accounting for effects of terrain and interaction with mesoscale flow

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Stenchikov, Georgiy ^a   Pickering, Kenneth ^b   DeCaria, Alex ^b,c   Tao, W K ^d   Scala, John ^c   Ott, Lesley ^b   Bartels, Diana ^e,f   Matejka, Thomas ^e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRACER; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 24944578227     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005582     Document Type: Article

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