Widespread persistent near-surface ozone depletion at northern high latitudes in spring

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Zeng, Tao ^a   Wang, Yuhang ^a   Chance, Kelly ^b   Browell, Edward V ^c   Ridley, Brian A ^d   Atlas, Elliot L ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; FREE RADICALS; OZONE; SATELLITES; TROPOSPHERE;

LATITUDES; TRANSPORT MODELS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; LATITUDE; OZONE DEPLETION; SPRING (SEASON);

EID: 1642602290     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018587     Document Type: Article

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