An 11-year solar cycle in tropospheric ozone from TOMS measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-188

  Chandra, S ^a   Ziemke, J R ^b   Stewart, R W ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Software Corporation of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; OZONE; SOLAR ENERGY; TROPOSPHERE;

11-YEAR SOLAR CYCLE; BOUNDARY LAYER OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELING; STRATOSPHERIC COLUMN OZONES; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER; TROPOSPHERIC COLUMN OZONES; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

OZONE LAYER;

OZONE; SOLAR CYCLE; TOMS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033556667     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900272     Document Type: Article

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