Descent of deep stratospheric intrusions during the IONS August 2006 campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Bourqui, M S ^a   Trpanier, P Y ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DISPERSIONS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

BALLOON-SONDE MEASUREMENT; BAROCLINIC ZONES; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; DURING PHASE; DYNAMICAL ANALYSIS; EXTRATROPICS; ISENTROPES; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MESOSCALE MODEL; NEGATIVE POTENTIAL; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE SONDES; TRAJECTORY CALCULATIONS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRAJECTORY; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77957587743     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013183     Document Type: Article

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