Cosmic ray-induced stratospheric aerosols: A possible connection to polar ozone depletions

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 675-679

  Kasatkina, E A ^a   Shumilov, Oleg I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NORTH INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (aerosols and particles); Solar physics, astrophysics and astronomy (energetic particles); Space plasma physics (ionization processes)

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OZONE DEPLETION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 18744417238     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-675-2005     Document Type: Article

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