Mechanisms of midlatitude cross-tropopause transport using a potential vorticity budget approach

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Gray, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TRACER; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 33847064241     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006259     Document Type: Article

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