Low-ozone pockets observed by EOS-MLS

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Harvey, V Lynn ^a   Randall, Cora E ^a   Manney, Gloria L ^b,c   Singleton, Cynthia S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ALGORITHM; EOS; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MIXING RATIO; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 56349147926     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009181     Document Type: Article

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