The effect of climate change on ozone depletion through changes in stratospheric water vapour

Nature

Volumn 402, Issue 6760, 1999, Pages 399-401

  Kirk Davidoff, Daniel B ^a   Hintsa, Eric J ^a   Anderson, James G ^a   Keith, David W ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; OZONE DEPLETION; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ARTICLE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE LAYER; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

OZONE DEPLETION; STRATOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 0033604367     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/46521     Document Type: Article

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