Ozone depletion, water vapor increase, and PSC generation at midlatitudes by the 2008 major stratospheric warming

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Flury, T ^a   Hocke, K ^a   Haefele, A ^a   Kampfer N ^a   Lehmann, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); MICROWAVE DEVICES; NASA; OZONE LAYER; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; WATER VAPOR;

BOX MODELS; CALIPSO; GROUND BASED; GROUND-BASED RADIOMETERS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MIDLATITUDES; OZONE CHEMISTRY; OZONE DEPLETION; OZONE DESTRUCTION; OZONE LOSS; OZONE MIXING RATIO; POLAR VORTEX; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; SUDDEN STRATOSPHERIC WARMING; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER VAPOR PROFILE;

OZONE;

CATALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; MIXING RATIO; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR VORTEX; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; WARMING; WATER VAPOR;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 72149117058     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011940     Document Type: Article

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