On the turnaround of stratospheric ozone trends deduced from the reevaluated Umkehr record of Arosa, Switzerland

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Zanis, P ^a   Maillard, E ^b   Staehelin, J ^c   Zerefos, C ^d,e   Kosmidis, E ^f   Tourpali, K ^f   Wohltmann, I ^g  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^b Aerological Station Payerne MeteoSwiss ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OZONE; STATISTICAL METHODS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

OZONE; OZONE DEPLETION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE;

AROSA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAUBUNDEN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33750536093     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006886     Document Type: Article

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