Mixing and ozone loss in the 1999-2000 Arctic vortex: Simulations with the three-dimensional Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Konopka, Paul ^a   Steinhorst, Hildegard Maria ^a   Grooß, Jens Uwe ^a   Günther, Gebhard ^a   Müller, Rolf ^a   Elkins, James W ^b   Jost, Hans Jürg ^c   Richard, Erik ^b   Schmidt, Ulrich ^d   Toon, Geoffrey ^e   McKenna, Daniel S ^f  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

CLaMS; Lagrangian transport; Mixing; Ozone loss; SOLVE THESEO 2000; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MIXING; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARCTIC;

EID: 2642567835     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003792     Document Type: Article

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