Articles | Volume 18, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1819-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1819-2018
Research article
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07 Feb 2018
Research article |  | 07 Feb 2018

Age and gravitational separation of the stratospheric air over Indonesia

Satoshi Sugawara, Shigeyuki Ishidoya, Shuji Aoki, Shinji Morimoto, Takakiyo Nakazawa, Sakae Toyoda, Yoichi Inai, Fumio Hasebe, Chusaku Ikeda, Hideyuki Honda, Daisuke Goto, and Fanny A. Putri

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This is the first research that shows concrete evidence of gravitational separation in the tropical stratosphere. This implies that gravitational separation occurs within the entire stratosphere, which gives us new insight into atmospheric dynamics.
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