On the possible causes of recent increases in northern hemispheric total ozone from a statistical analysis of satellite data from 1979 to 2003

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1165-1180

  Dhomse, S ^a   Weber, M ^a   Wohltmann, I ^b   Rex, M ^b   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOME; HALOGEN; LATITUDE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; PLANETARY WAVE; SATELLITE DATA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOMS;

ARCTIC;

EID: 33746864138     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-1165-2006     Document Type: Article

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