The impact of solar radiation on the quasi-biennial oscillation of ozone in the tropical stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3211-3214

  Huang, Theresa Y W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; PHOTOLYSIS;

MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION OSCILLATIONS; OZONE QUASIBIENNIAL OSCILLATIONS;

OZONE LAYER; OZONE;

OZONE; QUASI BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICS;

2-D MODEL; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OZONE VARIATION; PHOTOLYSIS RATES; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0030282225     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03006     Document Type: Article

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