Interannual variability in effective diffusivity in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere from reanalysis data

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 142, Issue 697, 2016, Pages 1847-1861

  Abalos, Marta ^a   Legras, Bernard ^b   Shuckburgh, Emily ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effective diffusivity; Interannual variability; Isentropic mixing; Reanalysis; UTLS transport

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIFFUSION; MIXING; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; ISENTROPIC; REANALYSIS; UTLS TRANSPORT;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DIFFUSIVITY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OZONE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION;

EID: 84964316541     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2779     Document Type: Article

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