Mechanisms of convection-induced modulation of passive tracer interhemispheric transport interannual variability

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Lintner, Benjamin R ^a   Gilliland, Alice B ^b   Fung, Inez Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Interannual variability; Interhemispheric transport; Tracer transport

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONVECTION; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 4844224372     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD004306     Document Type: Article

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