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Measurements of stratospheric residence times

Messungen stratosphärischer Aufenthaltszeiten

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Measurements of the32P/7Be ratios conducted on Zugspitze Mountain in Germany can be used to establish residence times of airmasses in the lower stratosphere. There appears to be a seasonal trend to such residence times, yielding a median value of ≧36 days during spring and ≧17 days during fall.

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Messungen des32P/7Be-Verhältnisses, die auf der Zugspitze, Deutschland, durchgeführt wurden, können zur Ermittlung der „Aufenthaltszeit” von Luftmassen in der unteren Stratosphäre herangezogen werden. Es scheint ein Jahresgang dieser Aufenthaltszeiten vorhanden zu sein, wonach diese im Frühling ≧36 Tage, im Herbst dagegen ≧17 Tage als häufigsten Wert besitzen.

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  1. Elmar R. Reiter

    Present address: Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, CO 80523, Fort Collins, Colorado, U. S. A.

  2. Reinhold Reiter

    Present address: Institut für Atmosphärische Umweltforschung der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, D-8100, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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  1. Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, CO 80523, Fort Collins, Colorado, U. S. A.

    W. Carnuth, H. -J. Kanter, K. Pötzl,  Reinhold Reiter & R. Sládkovič

  2. Institut für Atmosphärische Umweltforschung der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, D-8100, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland

    Elmar R. Reiter, W. Carnuth, H. -J. Kanter, K. Pötzl & R. Sládkovič

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Reiter, E.R., Carnuth, W., Kanter, H.J. et al. Measurements of stratospheric residence times. Arch. Met. Geoph. Biokl. A. 24, 41–51 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02247557

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