Transport of short-lived species into the Tropical Tropopause Layer

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 6309-6322

  Ashfold, M J ^a   Harris, N R P ^a   Atlas, E L ^b   Manning, A J ^c   Pyle, J A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BOUNDARY LAYER; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TIMESCALE; TRAJECTORY; TROPOPAUSE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

BORNEO;

EID: 84869009112     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-6309-2012     Document Type: Article

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