CO as an important high-altitude tracer of dynamics in the polar stratosphere and mesosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  de Zafra, R L ^a   Muscari, G ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Mesospheric transport; Polar vortex

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON MONOXIDE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MIXING RATIO; POLAR VORTEX;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 2642544119     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd004099     Document Type: Article

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