Summertime low-ozone episodes at northern high latitudes

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 595 PART B, 2003, Pages 3265-3275

  Orsolini, Y J ^a   Eskes, H ^b   Hansen, G ^a   Hoppe, U P ^c   Kylling, A ^a   Kyro E ^d   Notholt, J ^e   Van Der A, R ^b   Von Der Gathen, P ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Stratosphere; Trace species; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HEALTH RISKS; OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CHEMICAL TRAJECTORY MODELING;

METEOROLOGY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; GOME; OZONE DEPLETION; STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0346281197     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.211     Document Type: Article

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