A cost-effective trace gas measurement program for long-term monitoring of the stratospheric circulation

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 147-155

  Moore, Fred L ^a   Ray, Eric A ^a   Rosenlof, Karen H ^a   Elkins, James W ^a   Tans, Pieter ^a   Karion, Anna ^a   Sweeney, Colm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; GREENHOUSE GASES; OZONE LAYER; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; COUPLED CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODEL; LONG TERM MONITORING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE LAYERS; TRACE GAS MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84896518275     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00153.1     Document Type: Article

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