Transport of Antarctic stratospheric strongly dehydrated air into the troposphere observed during the HALO-ESMVal campaign 2012

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 9143-9158

  Rolf, C ^a   Afchine, A ^a   Bozem, H ^b   Buchholz, B ^c   Ebert, V ^c   Guggenmoser, T ^a,f   Hoor, P ^b   Konopka, P ^a   Kretschmer, E ^d   Muller S ^b   Schlager, H ^e   Spelten, N ^a   Sumiaska Ebersoldt O ^d   Ungermann, J ^a   Zahn, A ^d   Kramer M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DEHYDRATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; REMOTE SENSING; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TROPOPAUSE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84935033742     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-9143-2015     Document Type: Article

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