N2O as a tracer of mixing stratospheric and tropospheric air based on CARIBIC data with applications for CO2

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 769-779

  Assonov, S S ^a,b   Brenninkmeijer, C A M ^c   Schuck, T ^c   Umezawa, T ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CO2 isotopes; Stratosphere troposphere flux of CO2 isotopes; Stratospheric tracer tracer correlations; Tropospheric N2O; UTLS and LMS region

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; FRAME OF REFERENCE; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; MIXING PROPORTIONS; NARROW DISTRIBUTION; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE; STRATOSPHERIC TRACER-TRACER CORRELATIONS; UTLS AND LMS REGION;

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; ISOTOPES; MIXING; TROPOSPHERE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; OZONE;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON ISOTOPE; DATA INTERPRETATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIXING RATIO; NITROUS OXIDE; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE; TROPOSPHERE;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883755738     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.07.035     Document Type: Article

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