Effects of solar UV variability on the stratosphere

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 141, Issue , 2004, Pages 283-303

  Hood, Lon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 2942569164     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/141GM20     Document Type: Chapter

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