Chemical ozone loss in the Arctic vortex in the winter 1995-96: HALOE measurements in conjunction with other observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-114

  Muller R ^a   Grooss J U ^a   McKenna, D S ^a   Crutzen, P J ^b   Bruhl C ^b   Russell III, J M ^c   Gordley, L L ^d   Burrows, J P ^e   Tuck, A F ^f  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical ozone loss (Arctic vortex 1995 96; halogen chemistry)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033476294     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-0101-x     Document Type: Article

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