A quarter century of TOMS total column ozone measurements over Brazil

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1447-1458

  Silva, A A ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Estudos Avancados   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Column ozone; Ground based measurements; Ozone trends; Satellite measurements

Indexed keywords

COLUMN OZONE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BACKSCATTERING; OZONE; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 34447645645     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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