Influence of tropical convection on the Southern Hemisphere ozone maximum during the winter to spring transition

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 14, 2010, Pages

  Hitchman, M H ^a   Rogal, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS;

AUSTRALIA; COLUMN OZONE; EASTERN PACIFIC; EXTRATROPICAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVES; ROSSBY WAVE ACTIVITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN; SUBTROPICAL ANTICYCLONE; TROPICAL CONVECTION; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

OZONE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; OUTFLOW; OZONE; PLANETARY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WAVE BREAKING;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 77955368584     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012883     Document Type: Article

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