Ozone mini-hole over Southwestern Spain during Jaunary 2004: Influence over ultraviolet radiation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Anton M ^a   Cancillo, M L ^a   Serrano, A ^a   Vaquero, J M ^a   Garcia J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; SATELLITES; SOLAR RADIATION; SPAIN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE MINI-HOLE;

OZONE LAYER;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOLAR RADIATION; TOMS; TOTAL OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CACERES;

EID: 34447563964     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029689     Document Type: Article

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