A new global real-time Lagrangian diagnostic system for stratosphere-troposphere exchange: Evaluation during a balloon sonde campaign in eastern Canada

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2661-2679

  Bourqui, M S ^a   Yamamoto, A ^a   Tarasick, D ^b   Moran, M D ^b   Beres, I ^b   Davies, J ^b   Elford, A ^b   Hocking, W ^c   Osman, M ^c   Wilkinson, R ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BALLOON OBSERVATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CANADA;

EID: 84858650288     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-2661-2012     Document Type: Article

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