Age estimates of stratospheric air

Technical Report · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1973

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4382901· OSTI ID:4382901

Reiter, E R

It is shown that careful consideration of /sup 32/P//sup 7/Be ratios (both isotopes being generated in the atmosphere by cosmic radiation) not only yields information on the stratospheric or tropospheric origin of air masses. These ratios may also be used to determine the residence time in the stratosphere of tropospheric air that underwent upward transport through the tropopause and re-entered the troposphere at a later date. (auth)

• Research Organization: Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins (USA). Dept. of Atmospheric Science
• Sponsoring Organization: US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• DOE Contract Number: AT(11-1)-1340
• NSA Number: NSA-29-016715
• OSTI ID: 4382901
• Report Number(s): COO-1340-35
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-74
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

N58100* -Physics (Atmospheric)-Auroral &
Ionospheric Phenomena
*BERYLLIUM 7- STRATOSPHERE
*PHOSPHORUS 32- STRATOSPHERE
*STRATOSPHERE- AIR
*TROPOSPHERE- AIR
ABUNDANCE
AGE ESTIMATION ABUNDANCE