Trace gas transport in the stratosphere: Diagnostic tools and techniques

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-156

  Schoeberl, Mark R ^a,b   Anne, R Douglass ^b  

^a SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84899885603     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GM000855     Document Type: Conference Paper

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