Evidence of large scale ozone depletion within the arctic polar vortex 94/95 based on airborne LIDAR measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 813-816

  Wirth, M ^a   Renger, W ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; VORTEX FLOW; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIRBORNE LIDAR; AIRBORNE LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; OZONE DEPLETION; OZONE MIXING RATIO; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE LAYER;

ARCTIC POLAR VORTEX; LARGE SCALE OZONE DEPLETION;

EID: 0030125813     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00772     Document Type: Article

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