Transport of chemical tracers from the boundary layer to stratosphere associated with the dynamics of the asian summer monsoon

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 14,159-14,174

  Pan, Laura L ^a   Honomichl, Shawn B ^a   Kinnison, Douglas E ^a   Abalos, Marta ^a   Randel, William J ^a   Bergman, John W ^a,b   Bian, Jianchun ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; SUMMER; TRACER; TROPOPAUSE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 85003982290     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025616     Document Type: Article

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