Global distribution of mean age of stratospheric air from MIPAS SF 6 measurements

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 677-695

  Stiller, G P ^a   Von Clarmann, T ^a   Hopfner M ^a   Glatthor, N ^a   Grabowski, U ^a   Kellmann, S ^a   Kleinert, A ^a   Linden, A ^a   Milz, M ^a,d   Reddmann, T ^a   Steck, T ^a   Fischer, H ^a   Funke, B ^b   Lopez Puertas M ^b   Engel, A ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AIR; BALLOON OBSERVATION; EMISSION; ENVISAT-1; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POLAR METEOROLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 39349098441     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-677-2008     Document Type: Article

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