Long-term evolution of upper stratospheric ozone at selected stations of the Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change (NDSC)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Steinbrecht, Wolfgang ^a   Claude, Hans ^a   Schonenborn F ^a   McDermid, I S ^b   Leblanc, T ^b   Godin, S ^c   Song, T ^c   Swart, D P J ^d   Meijer, Y J ^d   Bodeker, G E ^e   Connor, B J ^e   Kampfer N ^f   Hocke, K ^f   Calisesi, Y ^f,g   Schneider, N ^h   de la Noe J ^h   Parrish, A D ⁱ   Boyd, I S ^j   Bruhl C ^k   Steil, B ^k   Giorgetta, M A ^l   Manzini, E ^m   Thomason, L W ⁿ   Zawodny, J M ⁿ   McCormick, M P ^o   Russell, III ^o   Bhartia, P K ^p   Stolarski, R S ^p   Hollandsworth Frith, S M ^p   more..

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^j NIWA ERI ^*  (United States)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^l MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^m ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

ⁿ NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^o HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE; RADIOMETERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELING; INSTRUMENTATION; LIDAR; METHANE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RADIOMETER; STRATOSPHERE;

ALPES-DE-HAUTE-PROVENCE; CALIFORNIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTH AMERICA; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; TABLE MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745908581     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006454     Document Type: Article

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