Insight from ozone and water vapour on transport in the tropical tropopause layer (TTL)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 407-419

  Ploeger, F ^a   Fueglistaler, S ^e   Grooss J U ^a   Gunther G ^a   Konopka, P ^a   Liu, Y S ^b   Uller, R M ^a   Ravegnani, F ^d   Schiller, C ^a   Ulanovski, A ^c   Riese, M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CAO   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABATIC PROCESS; FREEZE DRYING; OZONE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER; TROPOPAUSE; UPWELLING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 78651495419     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-407-2011     Document Type: Article

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