Quantifying transport into the lowermost stratosphere using simultaneous in-situ measurements of SF6 and CO2

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5905-5919

  Bonisch H ^a   Engel, A ^a   Curtius, J ^a   Birner, Th ^b   Hoor, P ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MASS BALANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77954525233     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-5905-2009     Document Type: Article

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