Large climate-induced changes in ultraviolet index and stratosphere-to- troposphere ozone flux

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 687-691

  Hegglin, Michaela I ^a   Shepherd, Theodore G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 70349777620     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo604     Document Type: Article

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