Trends in the vertical distribution of ozone: A comparison of two analyses of ozonesonde data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D21, 1999, Pages 26373-26399

  Logan, J A ^a   Megretskaia, I A ^a   Miller, A J ^b   Tiao, G C ^c   Choi, D ^c   Zhang, L ^c   Stolarski, R S ^d   Labow, G J ^d,e   Hollandsworth, S M ^d,f   Bodeker, G E ^g   Claude, H ^h   De Muer, D ^i,p   Kerr, J B ^j   Tarasick, D W ^j   Oltmans, S J ^k   Johnson, B ^k   Schmidlin, F ^d,l   Staehelin, J ^m,q   Viatte, P ⁿ   Uchino, O ^o  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^f Steven Myers and Associates Corp   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^h DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

ⁱ Royal Institute of Meteorology of Belgium   (Belgium)

^j ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^k EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^l NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^m ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁿ FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^o JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^p ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^q Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OZONE; OZONESONDE; TREND ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033589445     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900300     Document Type: Review

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