In situ detection of stratosphere-troposphere exchange of cirrus particles in the midlatitudes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 949-955

  Muller S ^a,d   Hoor, P ^a   Berkes, F ^a   Bozem, H ^a   Klingebiel, M ^a   Reutter, P ^a   Smit, H G J ^b   Wendisch, M ^c   Spichtinger, P ^a   Borrmann, S ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cirrus particles in the lowermost stratosphere; small scale mixing; stratosphere troposphere exchange

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON MONOXIDE; MIXING; NITROGEN OXIDES; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; CIRRUS PARTICLES; HIGH-PRECISION; IN-SITU DETECTIONS; LOWERMOST STRATOSPHERE; RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; SMALL-SCALE MIXING; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE;

CLOUDS;

AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MIXING; NITROUS OXIDE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TRACE GAS;

GERMANY;

EID: 84925038725     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062556     Document Type: Article

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