The mean meridional circulation and midlatitude ozone buildup

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3159-3172

  Nikulin, Grigory ^a   Karpechko, A ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 30344464407     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-5-3159-2005     Document Type: Article

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