Filamentary structure in chemical tracer distributions near the subtropical jet following a wave breaking event

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 10517-10534

  Ungermann, J ^a,b   Pan, L L ^b   Kalicinsky, C ^c   Olschewski, F ^c   Knieling, P ^c   Blank, J ^a   Weigel, K ^d   Guggenmoser, T ^a   Stroh, F ^a   Hoffmann, L ^a   Riese, M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; JET STREAM; NITRIC ACID; OZONE; PEROXYACETYL NITRATE; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 84887091832     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-10517-2013     Document Type: Article

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