An evaluation using 14C and N2O simulations of three-dimensional transport driven by United Kingdom Meteorological Office and Goddard Space Flight Center assimilated winds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue 3339, 1998, Pages 10827-10847

  Kindler, Thomas P ^a   Cunnold, Derek M ^a   Alyea, Fred N ^a   Chameides, William L ^a   Lou, Guang Ping ^b   Schwan, Karsten ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; NITROUS OXIDE; STRATOSPHERE; WIND FIELDS;

EID: 7344237353     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jd00283     Document Type: Article

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