Total ozone observations prior to the IGY. I: A history

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 593 PART B, 2003, Pages 2797-2817

  Bronnimann S ^a,b   Staehelin, J ^c   Farmer, S F G ^d   Cain, J C ^e   Svendby, T ^f   Svenoe T ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Historical data; Measurement instruments; Stratosphere; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; GEOPHYSICS; OZONE;

OZONE MEASUREMENTS;

METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS;

HISTORICAL RECORD; STRATOSPHERE; TOTAL OZONE;

EID: 0141800092     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.118     Document Type: Article

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