Lifetime dependent flux into the lowermost stratosphere for idealized trace gases of surface origin

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 9367-9375

  Holzer, Mark ^a,b   Polvani, Lorenzo M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; GASES;

ANTHROPOGENIC PATTERNS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ISENTROPIC TRANSPORT; LOWERMOST STRATOSPHERE; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; SURFACE EMISSIONS; TROPOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMISSION; FLUX CHAMBER; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LATITUDE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PREDICTION; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 84885119088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50657     Document Type: Article

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