Tracer filamentation generated by small-scale Rossby wave breaking in the lower stratosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 23, 2002, Pages ACL-12-1-ACL-12-14

  Bradshaw, N G ^a   Vaughan, G ^a   Busen, R ^b   Garcelon, S ^c   Jones, R ^c   Gardiner, T ^d   Hacker, J ^e  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3362 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Stratosphere troposphere interactions; 3364 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Synoptic scale meteorology; 3384 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Waves and tides; Egrett; Filamentation; NRossby; Ozone

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OZONE; TRAJECTORIES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 85080838086     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JD002086     Document Type: Article

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