Development of tracer relations and chemical ozone loss during the setup phase of the polar vortex

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Tilmes, Simone ^a,b   Müller, Rolf ^a   Grooß, Jens Uwe ^a   Nakajima, Hideaki ^c   Sasano, Yasuhiro ^c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER;

EID: 33746571872     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006726     Document Type: Article

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