Variability of stratospheric mean age of air and of the local effects of residual circulation and eddy mixing

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 716-733

  Ploeger, F ^a   Riese, M ^a   Haenel, F ^b   Konopka, P ^a   Muller R ^a   Stiller, G ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EDDY COVARIANCE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MIXING; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 84923171275     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022468     Document Type: Article

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