Low-ozone events in the southern polar summer as indicated by Met Office ozone analyses

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Jackson, D R ^a   Orsolini, Y J ^b   Engelsen, O ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS;

BAROCLINIC WAVES; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT ANOMALIES; HIGH LATITUDES; LOW-TO-HIGH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OZONE ANALYSIS; OZONE HOLE; PLANETARY WAVES; POLAR REGIONS; SOUTH AMERICA; TOTAL OZONE; ULTRA-VIOLET; WAVE DYNAMICS; WEDDELL SEA; ZONAL MEANS;

OZONE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BAROCLINIC WAVE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL; LATITUDE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OZONE; PLANETARY WAVE; POLAR REGION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 79952996947     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014858     Document Type: Article

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