A study of ozone variability and its connection with meridional transport in the northern Pacific lower stratosphere during summer 2002

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Leblanc, Thierry ^a   McDermid, I Stuart ^a   Hauchecorne, Alain ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Lower stratosphere; Ozone transport; Tropopause

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; LIDAR; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OZONE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 4143074831     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD004027     Document Type: Article

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