A study of impacts of tropospheric synoptic processes on the genesis and evolution of extreme total ozone anomalies over southern South America

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 24, 2002, Pages ACL-2-1-ACL-2-25

  Canziani, Pablo O ^a,c   Compagnucci, Rosa H ^a   Bischoff, Susana A ^a   Legnani, Walter E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE CÁLCULO   (Argentina)

^c Unidad Docente Ciencias Básicas Matemática   (Argentina)

Author keywords

0341 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Middle atmosphere constituent transport and chemistry (3334); 3364 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Synoptic scale meteorology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042456500     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000965     Document Type: Article

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