An assessment of changing ozone loss rates at South Pole: Twenty-five years of ozonesonde measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Hassler, B ^a,b   Daniel, J S ^b   Johnson, B J ^b   Solomon, S ^a,b   Oltmans, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CHLORINE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; POLES;

ANTARCTICA; HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOSS RATES; OZONE DEPLETION; OZONE LOSS; OZONESONDE MEASUREMENTS; POLAR STRATOSPHERE; PRESSURE LEVEL; SEASONALITY; SOUTH POLE; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; TIME FRAME; TIME-PERIODS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHLORINE; OZONE; OZONE DEPLETION; OZONESONDE; SEASONALITY; STRATOSPHERE; TREND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTH POLE;

EID: 81755168284     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016353     Document Type: Article

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