Northern Hemisphere stratospheric summer from MIPAS observations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 622, 2007, Pages 197-211

  Lahoz, W A ^a   Geer, A J ^a,c   Orsolini, Y J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NILU ^*  (Norway)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frozen in anticyclones; Low ozone pool; Summertime high; Trace gas transport; Vortex break up; Vortex fragments

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

LOW OZONE POOL; VORTEX BREAK-UP; VORTEX FRAGMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

GAS TRANSPORT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER; TRACE GAS;

EID: 33947280055     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.24     Document Type: Article

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