Transport pathways from the Asian monsoon anticyclone to the stratosphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 2703-2718

  Garny, Hella ^a   Randel, William J ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MONSOON; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84960091189     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-2703-2016     Document Type: Article

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