Ozone and upper troposphere/lower stratosphere variability and change at southern midlatitudes 1980-2000: Decadal variations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Canziani, P O ^a,b   Malanca, F E ^b,c   Agosta, E A ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

DECADAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOPOTENTIAL; OZONE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STANDING WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TOMS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 58149231156     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009303     Document Type: Article

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