Moist synoptic transport of CO2 along the mid-latitude storm track

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Parazoo, N C ^a   Denning, A S ^a   Berry, J A ^b   Wolf, A ^c   Randall, D A ^a   Kawa, S R ^d   Pauluis, O ^e   Doney, S C ^f  

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

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUELS; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC MIXING; GLOBAL MODELING; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH-FIDELITY; INVERSION MODELS; MERIDIONAL TRANSPORT; MID-LATITUDE STORMS; SYNOPTIC STORMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; EDDY; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MIXING RATIO; SEASONALITY; STORM TRACK; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ARCTIC;

EID: 79956350758     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047238     Document Type: Article

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