Forecasts and assimilation experiments of the Antarctic ozone hole 2008

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1961-1977

  Flemming, J ^a   Inness, A ^a   Jones, L ^a   Eskes, H J ^b   Huijnen, V ^b   Schultz, M G ^c   Stein, O ^c   Cariolle, D ^d,e,f   Kinnison, D ^g   Brasseur, G ^g  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^e Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR REGION; SCIAMACHY; STRATOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79952269867     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-1961-2011     Document Type: Article

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