Evidence for the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the total ozone column at northern low latitudes and midlatitudes during winter and summer seasons

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Ossó, Albert ^a   Sola, Yolanda ^a   Bech, Joan ^a   Lorente, Jerónimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; OZONE;

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; GEOPOTENTIALS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LOW LATITUDES; MAXIMUM AMPLITUDE; MIDLATITUDES; NAO INDEX; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; SUMMER SEASON; TELECONNECTIONS; TOTAL OZONE COLUMN; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER; WINTER NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; WINTER SEASONS;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

AMPLITUDE; LATITUDE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; TOMS; TOTAL OZONE; TROPOPAUSE; WINTER;

GREECE; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84855419749     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016539     Document Type: Article

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