Quasibiennial oscillation in tropical ozone as revealed by ozonesonde and satellite data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Logan, J A ^a   Jones, D B A ^a   Megretskaia, I A ^a   Oltmans, S J ^b   Johnson, B J ^b   Vornel H ^b   Randel, W J ^c   Kimani, W ^d   Schmidlin, F J ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d KENYA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (Kenya)

^e NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ozonesonde; QBO; Quasibiennial oscillation; SAGE; SHADOZ; Stratospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OZONE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 1642578966     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002170     Document Type: Article

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