A case study of excessive subtropical transport in the stratosphere of a data assimilation system

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Tan, Wei Wu ^a,b   Geller, Marvin A ^c   Pawson, Steven ^b,d   da Silva, Arlindo ^b  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Stratosphere; Subtropical transport barrier

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DATA ASSIMILATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; STRATOSPHERE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

EID: 4143059264     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD004057     Document Type: Article

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