The Brewer–Dobson circulation in the stratosphere and mesosphere – Is there a trend?

• Published in: Advances in Space Research
• Main Author: Roscoe, H.K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2006
• Subjects: Atmospheric Sciences; Antarctic; Cold Point; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/967/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2006.02.078

The Brewer–Dobson circulation brings tropospheric air, accompanied by CFCs and greenhouse gases, into the stratosphere. Many models predict an increased circulation associated with an increase in greenhouse gases, such as that since the 1960s. A recent observation supports this: the rate at which to...