Missing stratospheric ozone decrease at southern hemisphere middle latitudes after Mt. Pinatubo: A dynamical perspective

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1922-1945

  Poberaj, C Schnadt ^a   Staehelin, J ^a   Brunner, D ^b  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antarctic oscillation; ENSO; Ozone; Planetary waves; Stratophere troposphere coupling; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; CHEMICAL OZONE DEPLETION; DATA SETS; ELIASSEN-PALM FLUX; ENSO; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; EXTRATROPICS; MT. PINATUBO; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NEGATIVE PHASE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OZONE CHANGES; OZONE LOSS; OZONE TRANSPORT; PLANETARY WAVES; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; QUASI-STATIONARY; REANALYSIS; SOLAR CYCLE; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; STRATOSPHERIC WAVE EVENTS; TOTAL OZONE; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WAVE ACTIVITY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CHLORINE; LINEAR REGRESSION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OZONE LAYER; SOLAR ENERGY; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VOLCANOES;

OZONE;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; OZONE DEPLETION; PLANETARY WAVE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR CYCLE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CENTRAL LUZON; LUZON; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; ZAMBALES;

PINATUBO;

EID: 80053194762     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-10-05004.1     Document Type: Article

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