Constraining tropospheric mixing timescales using airborne observations and numerical models

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1023-1035

  Good, P ^a   Giannakopoulos, C ^a   O'Connor, F M ^b   Arnold, S R ^c   De Reus, M ^d   Schlager, H ^e  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

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EID: 7244246305     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-3-1023-2003     Document Type: Article

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