Changes in reactive stratospheric gases due to a change in Brewer-Dobson circulation: Results from a simple model

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-54

  Cook, Peter A ^a   Roscoe, Howard K ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brewer Dobson; Stratosphere; Trend

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; POINT SOURCE; REACTION KINETICS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; STRATOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855996301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.362     Document Type: Article

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