Global tracer modeling during SOLVE: High-latitude descent and mixing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D5, 2002, Pages

  Alan Plumb, R ^a   Heres, William ^a   Neu, Jessica L ^a   Mahowald, Natalie M ^b   Del Corral, John ^b   Toon, Geoffrey C ^c   Ray, Eric ^d   Moore, Fred ^d   Andrews, Arlyn E ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

polar vortex; stratosphere; stratospheric tracers; tracer modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957884736     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001023     Document Type: Article

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