Improving stratospheric transport trend analysis based on SF6 and CO2 measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 14,110-14,128

  Ray, Eric A ^a,b   Moore, Fred L ^a,b   Rosenlof, Karen H ^a   Davis, Sean M ^a,b   Sweeney, Colm ^a,b   Tans, Pieter ^a   Wang, Tao ^c,d   Elkins, James W ^a   Bönisch, Harald ^e   Engel, Andreas ^e   Sugawara, Satoshi ^f   Nakazawa, T ^g   Aoki, S ^g  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84921340595     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021802     Document Type: Article

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