Regional and global tropopause fold occurrence and related ozone flux across the tropopause

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 29-44

  Beekmann, M ^a   Ancellet, G ^a   Blonsky, S ^b   De Muer, D ^c   Ebel, A ^b   Elbern, H ^b   Hendricks, J ^b   Kowol, J ^b   Mancier, C ^a   Sladkovic, R ^d   Smit, H G J ^e   Speth, P ^b   Trickl, T ^d   Van Haver, Ph ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

7beryllium; Cross tropopause; Ozone transfer; Potential vorticity; Q vector divergence; Stratosphere troposphere exchange; Tropopause folding; Vertical ozone profiles

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; OZONE;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; METEOROLOGY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 9844248533     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005897314623     Document Type: Conference Paper

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