Antarctic ozone depletion and trends in tropopause Rossby wave breaking

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 164-168

  Ndarana, T ^a,b   Waugh, D W ^a   Polvani, L M ^c,d   Correa, G J P ^e   Gerber, E P ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d New York University ^*  (United States)

^e International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ozone hole; Rossby waves; Trends

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GREENHOUSE GAS; OZONE; OZONE DEPLETION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 84864028042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.384     Document Type: Article

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