Intrusion of recent air in midlatituted stratosphere revealed by in situ tracer measurements and trajectory calculations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Pirre, M ^a   Pisso, I ^b   Marecal V ^a   Catoire, V ^a   Mebarki Y ^a   Robert, C ^a  

^a LPCE CNRS   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MIXING; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 53149133574     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009188     Document Type: Article

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