Dynamical evolution of the 2003 southern hemisphere stratospheric winter using Envisat trace-gas observations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 619, 2006, Pages 1985-2008

  Lahoz, W A ^a   Geer, A J ^a   O'Neill, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Filamentation; Polar vortex; Trace transport

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ANTICYCLONES; POLAR VORTEX; POLE-CENTRED APPROACH; TRACE-GAS EVOLUTION; TRACER FILAMENT;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANTICYCLONE; CYCLOGENESIS; ENVISAT-1; POLAR VORTEX; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPRING (SEASON); STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; WINTER;

EID: 33750108794     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.221     Document Type: Article

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