Gravitational separation in the stratosphere - A new indicator of atmospheric circulation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 8787-8796

  Ishidoya, S ^a   Sugawara, S ^b   Morimoto, S ^c   Aoki, S ^d   Nakazawa, T ^d   Honda, H ^e   Murayama, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; STRATOSPHERE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 84883750674     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-8787-2013     Document Type: Article

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