Features of ozone quasi-biennial oscillation in the vertical structure of tropics and subtropics

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 221-231

  Fadnavis, Suvana ^a   Beig, G ^a   Polade, S D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; OZONE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; UARS;

EID: 43049090488     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-007-0270-7     Document Type: Article

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