Combined MU radar and ozonesonde measurements of turbulence and ozone fluxes in the tropo-stratosphere over Shigaraki, Japan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Gavrilov, N M ^a   Fukao, S ^b   Hashiguchi, H ^b   Kita, K ^c   Sato, K ^d   Tomikawa, Y ^e   Fujiwara, M ^f  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN GASES; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENT FLOW; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

GLOBAL OZONE BUDGET; OZONESONDES; TURBULENT DIFFUSIVITY; TURBULENT OZONE FLUXES;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; OZONE; OZONESONDE; RADAR; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TROPOPAUSE; TURBULENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33745713475     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024002     Document Type: Article

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