Tropospheric transport climate partitioned by surface origin and transit time

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Holzer, Mark ^a,b,c,d   Hall, Timothy M ^a,d  

^a Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c LANGARA COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONVECTION; GREEN FUNCTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 45549097762     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009115     Document Type: Article

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