Chemical ozone depletion during Arctic winter 1997/98 derived from ground based millimeter-wave observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 599-602

  Langer, J ^a   Barry, B ^a   Klein, U ^a   Sinnhuber, B M ^a   Wohltmann, I ^a   Kunzi K F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MILLIMETER WAVES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; OZONE LAYER; VORTEX FLOW;

GROUND-BASED MILLIMETER WAVE MEASUREMENTS; OZONE DEPLETION;

OZONE LAYER; OZONE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OZONE DEPLETION; WINTER;

BACK TRAJECTORIES; CHEMICAL OZONE DEPLETION; GROUND BASED; ISENTROPIC LEVELS; MILLIMETER WAVE MEASUREMENTS; OZONE TRENDS; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE;

EID: 0033104936     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900043     Document Type: Article

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