Statistical modeling of total ozone: Selection of appropriate explanatory variables

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Mäder, Jörg A ^a   Staehelin, Johannes ^a   Brunner, Dominik ^a,b   Stahel, Werner A ^c   Wohltmann, Ingo ^d   Peter, Thomas ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODELING; OZONE DEPLETION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; SURFACE AREA; TOTAL OZONE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 34548108202     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007694     Document Type: Article

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