Stratosphere-troposphere exchange in a summertime extratropical low
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Stratosphere-troposphere exchange in a summertime extratropical low: analysis J. Brioude, J.-P. Cammas, and O. R. Cooper Laboratoire d’Aérologie, UMR5560, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado/NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory, Boulder, USA Received: 16 September 2005 – Accepted: 20 October 2005 – Published: 29 November 2005 Correspondence to: J. Brioude ([email protected]) © 2005 Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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