Interannual variability of ozone in the winter lower stratosphere and the relationship to lamina and irreversible transport

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Olsen, Mark A ^a   Douglass, Anne R ^a   Schoeberl, Mark R ^b   Rodriquez, Jose M ^a   Yoshida, Yasuko ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; OZONE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EQUIVALENT LENGTH; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LIMB SOUNDER; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MERIDIONAL TRANSPORT; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MIDLATITUDES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OZONE FIELDS; OZONE PROFILES; POLAR VORTEX; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

TROPICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 77955520392     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013004     Document Type: Article

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