Midstratospheric ozone variability over Bern related to planetary wave activity during the winters 1994-1995 to 1998-1999

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D8, 2001, Pages 7903-7916

  Calisesi, Yasmine ^a,c   Wernli, Heini ^b   Kämpfer, Niklaus ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Applied Physics   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXING RATIO; OZONE; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; WINTER;

BERN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0034958860     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900710     Document Type: Review

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