An unusual stratospheric ozone decrease in the Southern Hemisphere subtropics linked to isentropic air-mass transport as observed over Irene (25.5°S, 28.1°E) in mid-May 2002

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1927-1936

  Semane, N ^a,e   Bencherif, H ^b   Morel, B ^b   Hauchecorne, A ^c   Diab, R D ^d  

^a Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques Direction de la Météorologie Nationale   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OZONE; OZONESONDE; STRATOSPHERE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TOMS;

EID: 33746901284     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-1927-2006     Document Type: Review

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