Evidence of mixing between polluted convective outflow and stratospheric air in the upper troposphere during DC3

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11,477-11,491

  Schroeder, Jason R ^a   Pan, Laura L ^b   Ryerson, Tom ^c   Diskin, Glenn ^d   Hair, Johnathan ^d   Meinardi, Simone ^a   Simpson, Isobel ^a   Barletta, Barbara ^a   Blake, Nicola ^a   Blake, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MIXING; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84939256971     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022109     Document Type: Article

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