Estimated impact of Agung, El Chichon and Pinatubo volcanic eruptions on global and regional total ozone after adjustment for the QBO

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 647-650

  Angell, James K ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

QUASIBIENNIAL OSCILLATION (QBO); SUPERPOSED EPOCH METHOD; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

OZONE LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OZONE; QUASI BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0031084789     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00544     Document Type: Article

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