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Nature Geoscience 2, 14–16 (1 January 2009) | doi:10.1038/ngeo397

Atmospheric dynamics: The age of stratospheric air

Darryn Waugh

The distribution of ozone and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere depends critically on the transport of air into, within, and out of the stratosphere, the layer of the atmosphere between about 10 and 50 km above the surface (Fig. 1a).