Variability in upwelling across the tropical tropopause and correlations with tracers in the lower stratosphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 11505-11517

  Abalos, M ^a   Randel, W J ^b   Serrano, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CARBON MONOXIDE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE; TRACER; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE; UPWELLING;

EID: 84880575932     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-11505-2012     Document Type: Article

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