Very early chlorine activation and ozone loss in the Arctic winter 2002-2003

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Tilmes, Simone ^a   Müller, Rolf ^a   Groob, Jens Uwe ^a   Höpfner, Michael ^b   Toon, Geoffrey C ^c   Russell III, James M ^d  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CLOUDS; SATELLITES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; OZONE; VORTEX FLOW;

CHEMICAL OZONE DESTRUCTION; STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; CHLORINE ACTIVATION; COLUMN OZONE; CORRELATION TECHNIQUES; OZONE DESTRUCTION; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; VERY LOW TEMPERATURES;

OZONE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHLORINE; OZONE DEPLETION; WINTER;

EID: 1542756067     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018079     Document Type: Article

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