Stratospheric ozone chemistry in the Antarctic: What determines the lowest ozone values reached and their recovery?

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 12217-12226

  Grooss J U ^a   Brautzsch, K ^a   Pommrich, R ^a,b,c   Solomon, S ^d   Muller R ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BALLOON OBSERVATION; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METHANE; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; STRATOSPHERE;

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EID: 84055218308     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-12217-2011     Document Type: Article

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