Cooling of the Arctic and Antarctic polar stratospheres due to ozone depletion

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 5 II, 1999, Pages 1467-1479

  Randel, William J ^a,b   Wu, Fei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANTARCTIC POLAR STRATOSPHERES; OZONE DEPLETION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR METEOROLOGY; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0032851938     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1467:cotaaa>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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