Impact of solar-induced stratospheric ozone decline on Southern Hemisphere westerlies during the Late Maunder Minimum

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Varma, V ^a   Prange, M ^a,b   Spangehl, T ^c,d   Lamy, F ^a,e   Cubasch, U ^c   Schulz, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 84868028798     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053403     Document Type: Article

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