Correlations between tropopause height and total ozone: Implications for long-term changes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D15, 1998, Pages 19183-19192

  Steinbrecht, W ^a,c   Claude, H ^a,c   Kohler U ^a,c   Hoinka, K P ^b  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c Meteorological Observatory   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0032552277     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD01929     Document Type: Article

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