Backtrajectory reconstruction of water vapour and ozone in-situ observations in the TTL

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-244

  Ploeger, F ^a   Konopka, P ^a   Muller R ^a   Gunther G ^a   Grooss, J U ^a   Schiller, C ^a   Ravegnani, F ^b   Ulanovski, A ^c   Riese, M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^c CAO   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL MECHANISM; DIABATIC; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INHOMOGENEITIES; OZONE PRODUCTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS; VELOCITY FIELD; WATER VAPOUR;

KINEMATICS; LOW TEMPERATURE DRYING; OZONE; TROPICS; VAPORS; VELOCITY;

OZONE LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DIABATIC PROCESS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; KINEMATICS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; RECONSTRUCTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84874606842     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2012/0314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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