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Rood & Schoeberl 1983
Rood, R.B. and Schoeberl, M.R. (1983). A mechanistic model of Eulerian, Langrangian mean, and Lagrangian ozone transport by steady planetary waves. Journal of Geophysical Research 88: doi: 10.1029/JC088iC09p05208. issn: 0148-0227.

Ozone transport is calculated for steady, dissipative planetary waves using the Eulerian, Lagrangian mean, and residual circulation. A Langrangian model of parcel dynamics is used to interpret planetary wave-photochemistry interaction. In chemically active regions the mean field ozone changes are found to be significant only where there are large gradients in chemical sources and sinks along parcel trajectories. The largest changes in the mean field are found in the lower stratosphere and are due to the Lagrangian mean advection. When the Lagrangian mean advection is approximated by the residual circulation, errors in the transport velocities as large as 30% may occur.

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