Chemical loss of polar vortex ozone inferred from UARS MLS measurements of ClO during the Arctic and Antarctic late winters of 1993

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue D9, 1996, Pages 14505-14518

  MacKenzie, I A ^a   Harwood, R S ^a   Froidevaux, L ^b   Read, W G ^b   Waters, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DESTRUCTION; CHLORINE CONCENTRATION; OZONE DESTRUCTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODEL; POLAR VORTEX; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

EID: 0030454918     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/JD101iD09p14505     Document Type: Article

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