Ozone depletion at mid-latitudes: Coupling of volcanic aerosols and temperature variability to anthropogenic chlorine

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1871-1874

  Solomon, S ^a   Portmann, R W ^a   Garcia, R R ^b   Randel, W ^b   Wu, F ^b   Nagatani, R ^c   Gleason, J ^d   Thomason, L ^e   Poole, L R ^e   McCormick, M P ^f   Winkler, D ^e  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE; OZONE LAYER; RECOVERY; VOLCANOES; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CHLORINE ACTIVATION; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

OZONE;

OZONE DEPLETION; VOLCANIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CHLORINE; MID-LATITUDE; OZONE; VOLCANIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 0032096475     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl01293     Document Type: Article

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