A case study of rapid mixing across the extratropical tropopause based on Civil Aircraft for the Regular Investigation of the Atmosphere Based on an Instrumented Container (CARIBIC) observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Rhee, T S ^a   Brenninkmeijer, C A M ^a   Muhle J ^a,b   van Velthoven, P F J ^c   Hermann, M ^d   Zahn, A ^e   Oram, D E ^f   Scharffe, D H ^a   Koeppel, C ^a   Fischer, H ^a   Lelieveld, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TRACE GAS; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 30144435747     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD005890     Document Type: Article

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