Coherence of long-term stratospheric ozone vertical distribution time series used for the study of ozone recovery at a northern mid-latitude station

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4957-4975

  Nair, P J ^a   Godin Beekmann, S ^a   Pazmino A ^a   Hauchecorne, A ^a   Ancellet, G ^a   Petropavlovskikh, I ^b   Flynn, L E ^c   Froidevaux, L ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; OZONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

EID: 79957958096     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-4957-2011     Document Type: Article

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