Articles | Volume 13, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-10591-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-10591-2013
Research article
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01 Nov 2013
Research article |  | 01 Nov 2013

Quantifying tracer transport in the tropical lower stratosphere using WACCM

M. Abalos, W. J. Randel, D. E. Kinnison, and E. Serrano

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