Evolution of stratospheric ozone and water vapour time series studied with satellite measurements

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6055-6075

  Jones, A ^a   Urban, J ^a   Murtagh, D P ^a   Eriksson, P ^a   Brohede, S ^a   Haley, C ^b   Degenstein, D ^c   Bourassa, A ^c   Von Savigny, C ^d   Sonkaew, T ^d   Rozanov, A ^d   Bovensmann, H ^d   Burrows, J ^d  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DATA SET; OZONE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SCIAMACHY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 70450177539     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-6055-2009     Document Type: Article

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