A stratospheric ozone profile data set for 1979-2005: Variability, trends, and comparisons with column ozone data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Randel, William J ^a   Wu, Fei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; MAPPING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONESONDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TOTAL OZONE; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249684737     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007339     Document Type: Article

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