On the unexplained stratospheric ozone losses during cold Arctic Januaries

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-1-8-4

  Rex, M ^a   Salawitch, R J ^b   Santee, M L ^b   Waters, J W ^b   Hoppel, K ^c   Bevilacqua, R ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

STRATOSPHERIC OZONE LOSSES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STRATOSPHERE; WINTER;

EID: 0037831275     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl016008     Document Type: Article

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