Long-term ozone decline and its effect on night airglow intensity of Li 6708 Å at Varanasi (25°N, 83°E) and Halley Bay (76°S, 27°W)

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-300

  Jana, P K ^a   Saha, I ^b   Mukhopadhyay, S ^c  

^a Government College of Education   (India)

^b Metia High School HS   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Airglow emission; Excitation mechanism; Intensity; Ozone depletion

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LONG-TERM CHANGE; OZONE DEPLETION; REACTION KINETICS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; HALLEY BAY; INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

EID: 79955748572     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-011-0047-8     Document Type: Article

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