Chemical ozone loss in the Arctic and Antarctic stratosphere between 1992 and 2005

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Tilmes, Simone ^a,b   Müller, Rolf ^a   Engel, Andreas ^c   Rex, Markus ^d   Russell III, James M ^e  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

^e HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CHLORINE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

ANTHROPOGENIC HALOGENS; CHEMICAL LOSS; CHLORINE ACTIVATION; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR OZONE; POLAR STATOSPHERIC CLOUDS;

OZONE LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FORMATION MECHANISM; HALOGEN; OZONE; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

EID: 33845637198     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026925     Document Type: Article

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