Interaction between dynamics and chemistry of ozone in the setup phase of the Northern Hemisphere polar vortex

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D5, 2002, Pages

  Kawa, S R ^a   Bevilacqua, R M ^b   Margitan, J J ^c   Douglass, A R ^a   Schoeberl, M R ^a   Hoppel, K W ^b   Sen, B ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

chemistry; dynamics; ozone; stratosphere; vortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347329193     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001527     Document Type: Article

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