BrO, blizzards, and drivers of polar tropospheric ozone depletion events

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4639-4652

  Jones, A E ^a   Anderson, P S ^a   Begoin, M ^b   Brough, N ^a   Hutterli, M A ^a   Marshall, G J ^a   Richter, A ^b   Roscoe, H K ^a   Wolff, E W ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; BROMINE; CLOUD; HALOGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR METEOROLOGY; SNOW; TROPOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; HALLEY STATION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 77954729649     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-4639-2009     Document Type: Article

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