Development of a climate record of tropospheric and stratospheric column ozone from satellite remote sensing: Evidence of an early recovery of global stratospheric ozone

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 5737-5753

  Ziemke, J R ^a,b   Chandra, S ^c  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELING; OZONE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TOMS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84863462982     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-5737-2012     Document Type: Article

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