Stratospheric transport using 6-h-averaged winds from a data assimilation system

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Pawson, Steven ^a   Stajner, Ivanka ^a,b   Kawa, S Randolph ^a   Hayashi, Hiroo ^a,c   Tan, Wei Wu ^a,b   Nielsen, J Eric ^a,d   Zhu, Zhengxin ^a,d   Chang, Leng Ping ^a,b   Livesey, Nathaniel J ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

DATA ASSIMILATION; EOS; OZONE; POLAR VORTEX; SIMULATION; STRATOSPHERE; WIND FIELD;

ARCTIC;

EID: 38949175383     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007673     Document Type: Article

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