Stratospheric intrusion index (SI2) from baseline measurement data

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 317-325

  Cristofanelli, P ^a   Calzolari, F ^a   Bonafe U ^a   Duchi, R ^a   Marinoni, A ^a   Roccato, F ^a   Tositti, L ^b   Bonasoni, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DATABASE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONALITY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

APENNINES; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MODENA; MOUNT CIMONE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 68349112534     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-008-0073-x     Document Type: Article

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