Evidence for a substantial role for dilution in northern mid-latitude ozone depletion

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4501-4504

  Knudsen, Bjørn M ^a   Lahoz, William A ^b   O'Neill, Alan ^b   Morcrette, Jean Jacques ^c  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; OZONE LAYER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; DILUTION; RADIATION EFFECTS; VORTEX FLOW;

ARCTIC VORTEX; OZONE DEPLETION; CHEMICAL MODEL; HARMFUL EFFECTS; MIDLATITUDES; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; TOTAL OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OZONE;

DILUTION; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR VORTEX; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0032535102     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900215     Document Type: Article

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