Low-ozone pockets explained

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D3, 1998, Pages 3599-3610

  Morris, Gary A ^a,c   Kawa, S R ^a   Douglass, A R ^a   Schoeberl, M R ^a   Froidevaux, L ^b   Waters, J ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ANTICYCLONE; OZONE;

EID: 0032548805     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JD02513     Document Type: Article

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