A review of surface ozone in the polar regions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 5138-5161

  Helmig, Detlev ^a   Oltmans, Samuel J ^b   Carlson, Daniel ^a   Lamarque, Jean Francois ^c   Jones, Anna ^d   Labuschagne, Casper ^e   Anlauf, Kurt ^f   Hayden, Katherine ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diurnal ozone cycles; Long term ozone trends; Ozone photochemistry; Seasonal ozone cycles; Snowpack atmosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

POLAR REGIONS; RADIATIVE PROCESSES; STRATOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ZEPPELINFJELLET;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

OZONE;

HALOGEN; OZONE; SNOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; OZONE; OZONE DEPLETION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POLAR REGION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SNOWPACK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATALYSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GREENLAND; NORWAY; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; BARROW; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846574808     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.09.053     Document Type: Article

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