Ozone mini-hole observation over the Balkan Peninsula in March 2005

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-200

  Werner, R ^a   Valev, D ^a   Atanassov, At ^a   Kostadinov, I ^b   Petkov, B ^a,b   Giovanelli, G ^b   Stebel, K ^c   Petritoli, A ^b   Palazzi, E ^b   Gausa, M ^d   Markova, T ^a  

^a SOLAR TERRESTRIAL INFLUENCES LABORATORY   (Bulgaria)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Norwegian Institute of Air Research   (Norway)

^d Andøya Rocket Range   (Norway)

Author keywords

Mini hole; Ozone; Stratosphere; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; MECHANICAL WAVES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; GROUND-BASED STATIONS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MINI-HOLE; OZONE DISTRIBUTION; PLANETARY WAVE ACTIVITY; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TOTAL OZONE CONTENT;

OZONE;

EID: 58149461395     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2008.03.028     Document Type: Article

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