A Lagrangian computation of stratosphere–troposphere exchange in a tropopause-folding event in the subtropical Southern Hemisphere
By: J. Meloen, P. C. Siegmund and M. Sigmond
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v53i3.12194 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 368 - 379
Submitted on: Jan 31, 2000
Accepted on: Nov 20, 2000
Published on: Jan 1, 2001
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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