Dynamical and chemical characteristics of tropospheric intrusions observed during START08

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Homeyer, Cameron R ^a   Bowman, Kenneth P ^a   Pan, Laura L ^b   Atlas, Elliot L ^c   Gao, Ru Shan ^d   Campos, Teresa L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIR MASS; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; BOX MODELS; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CHEMICAL DIAGNOSTICS; EXTRATROPICAL; FORECAST SYSTEMS; GLOBAL ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; IN-SITU; INTRUSION EVENTS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; LOWERMOST STRATOSPHERE; MIXING TIME; PACIFIC OCEAN; REGIONAL TRANSPORT; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SMALL-SCALE FEATURES; SUBTROPICAL JET; TIME-PERIODS; TIME-SCALES; TRACE GAS; TRACE SPECIES; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WAVEBREAKING;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; KINEMATICS; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TRAJECTORY; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE BREAKING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79953235719     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015098     Document Type: Article

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