When will the Antarctic ozone hole recover?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Newman, Paul A ^a   Nash, Eric R ^b   Kawa, S Randolph ^a   Montzka, Stephen A ^c,d   Schauffler, Sue M ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OZONE; STATISTICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANTARTIC OZONE HOLE; OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES (ODSS);

METEOROLOGY;

BROMINE; CHLORINE; GLOBAL WARMING; OZONE DEPLETION;

EID: 33750553221     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025232     Document Type: Article

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