Mixing events revealed by anomalous tracer relationships in the Arctic vortex during winter 1999/2000

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 24, 2002, Pages

  Jost, Hans Jürg ^a,b   Loewenstein, Max ^b   Greenblatt, Jeffery B ^b,c,k   Podolske, Jarries R ^b   Bui, T Paul ^b   Hurst, Dale F ^d,e   Elkins, James W ^d   Herman, Robert L ^f   Webster, Christopher R ^f   Schauffler, Sue M ^g,j   Atlas, Elliot L ^g,j   Newman, Paul A ^h,m   Lait, Leslie R ^h,l   Wofsy, Steven C ⁱ  

^a BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^k NASA Ames Research Center Mail Stop 245 5 ^*  (United States)

^l SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^m NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

0341 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Middle atmosphere constituent transport and chemistry (3334); 3334 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Middle atmosphere dynamics (0341, 0342); 3384 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Waves and tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448978519     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JD002380     Document Type: Article

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