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Douglass et al. 1990

Douglass, A.R., Rood, R.B., Stolarski, R.S., Schoeberl, M.R., Proffitt, M.H., Margitan, J.J., Loewenstein, M., Podolske, J.R. and Strahan, S.E. (1990). Global three-dimensional constituent fields derived from profile data. Geophysical Research Letters 17: doi: 10.1029/89GL03718. issn: 0094-8276.

The success of 3D simulations of stratospheric constituent variability depends critically on the initialization of the constituent fields within the global model. We describe a technique for generating global 3D fields from vertical constituent profiles. The technique used potential vorticity (q) and potential temperature (&thgr;) to map the profiles onto a global domain. The profiles used here are obtained from a 2D model calculation that reproduces the relationship between &thgr;, q, N2O and O3 observed during the Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition (AASE). The method is verified by comparison with satellite data, aircraft data and model simulations. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1990

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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Geochemical cycles

Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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