Exploring polar stratospheric cloud and ozone minihole formation: The primary importance of synoptic-scale flow perturbations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D22, 2001, Pages 28173-28188

  Teitelbaum, H ^a,c   Moustaoui, M ^a,c   Fromm, M ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0035684895     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000065     Document Type: Article

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