Attribution of recovery in lower-stratospheric ozone

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Yang, Eun Sun ^a   Cunnold, Derek M ^a   Salawitch, Ross J ^b   McCormick, M Patrick ^c   Russell III, James ^c   Zawodny, Joseph M ^d   Oltmans, Samuel ^e   Newchurch, Michael J ^f  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BROMINE; CHLORINE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HALOGEN ELEMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE LAYER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BROMINE; CHLORINE; HALOGEN; OZONE; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 33748521102     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006371     Document Type: Article

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