Relationships between Brewer-Dobson circulation, double tropopauses, ozone and stratospheric water vapour

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 10195-10208

  Castanheira, J M ^a   Peevey, T R ^b,c   Marques, C A F ^a   Olsen, M A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MIXING RATIO; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84868687086     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-10195-2012     Document Type: Article

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