Climatologies of subtropical mixing derived from 3D models

Fingerlike structures reaching from lower into extra-tropical latitudes significantly contribute to the tropical-extratropical exchange of air masses. This is also an exchange of upper tropospheric and stratospheric air. Those so called streamers can, on a horizontal plane, be detected in N<su...

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Main Authors: V. Eyring, M. Dameris, V. Grewe, I. Langbein, W. Kouker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2003-01-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/3/1007/2003/acp-3-1007-2003.pdf