Climatology and trends in the forcing of the stratospheric ozone transport

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 6311-6323

  Monier, E ^a   Weare, B C ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATOLOGY; EDDY; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; OZONE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79960188462     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-6311-2011     Document Type: Article

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