Coordinated airborne studies in the tropics (CAST)

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 145-162

  Harris, N R P ^a,o   Carpenter, L J ^b   Lee, J D ^c   Vaughan, G ^c   Filus, M T ^a   Jones, R L ^a   Ouyang, B ^a   Pyle, J A ^a   Robinson, A D ^a   Andrews, S J ^b   Lewis, A C ^b,c   Minaeian, J ^b   Vaughan, A ^b   Dorsey, J R ^d   Gallagher, M W ^d   Le Breton, M ^d   Newton, R ^d   Percival, C J ^d   Ricketts, H M A ^c   Bauguitte, S J B ^e   Nott, G J ^e   Wellpott, A ^e   Ashfold, M J ^f   Flemming, J ^g   Butler, R ^h   Palmer, P I ^h   Kaye, P H ⁱ   Stopford, C ⁱ   Chemel, C ⁱ   Boesch, H ^j   Humpage, N ^j   Vick, A ^k   MacKenzie, A R ^l   Hyde, R ^m   Angelov, P ^m   Meneguz, E ⁿ   Manning, A J ⁿ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c National Centre for Atmospheric Science ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^g EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^k Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^m LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^o CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; NASA; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

TROPICS;

EID: 85011649969     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00290.1     Document Type: Article

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