On the mixing-driven formation of the Extratropical Transition Layer (ExTL)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Konopka, Paul ^a   Pan, Laura L ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OZONE; DEFORMATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR PARCELS; ASYMMETRIC STRUCTURES; CHEMICAL TRACERS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION; FORMATION PROCESS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; ISENTROPIC LEVELS; JET STREAMS; LAGRANGIAN; LARGE-SCALE FLOWS; MODEL AND OBSERVATION; MODEL EXPERIMENTS; PARAMETERIZED; SUBTROPICAL JET; TIME-SCALES; TRACE-GASES; TRANSITION LAYERS; EXTL; LAGRANGIAN TRANSPORT; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE; UTLS;

MIXING;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CORRELATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; JET STREAM; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MIXING; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TIMESCALE; TRACE GAS; TRACER; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIXING RATIO; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 84867010801     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017876     Document Type: Article

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