Assessment of the interannual variability and influence of the QBO and upwelling on tracer-tracer distributions of N2O and O3 in the tropical lower stratosphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3619-3641

  Khosrawi, F ^a   Muller R ^b   Urban, J ^c   Proffitt, M H ^d   Stiller, G ^e   Kiefer, M ^e   Lossow, S ^e   Kinnison, D ^f   Olschewski, F ^g   Riese, M ^b   Murtagh, D ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d Proffitt Instruments   (United States)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; ENVISAT-1; PARTITIONING; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 84881383481     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-3619-2013     Document Type: Article

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