The frequency and size of ozone "mini-hole" events at northern midlatitudes in February

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2647-2650

  McCormack, John P ^a,b   Hood, Lon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; SPECTROMETERS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; MECHANICAL WAVES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

OZONE MINIHOLE EVENTS; ROSSBY WAVES; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETERS (TOMS);

OZONE LAYER; OZONE;

OZONE HOLE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

EXTRATROPICAL LATITUDES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TOTAL OZONE DATA; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WINTER MONTHS;

EID: 0031277633     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02642     Document Type: Article

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