Attribution of the Arctic ozone column deficit in March 2011

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2012, Pages

  Isaksen, I S A ^a,b   Zerefos, C ^c   Wang, W C ^d   Balis, D ^e   Eleftheratos, K ^c   Rognerud, B ^a   Stordal, F ^a   Berntsen, T K ^a,b   Lacasce, J H ^a   Svde, O A ^b   Olivie D ^a,b   Orsolini, Y J ^f   Zyrichidou, I ^e   Prather, M ^g   Tuinder, O N E ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY MODEL; COLUMN OZONE; OZONE CHEMISTRY; OZONE COLUMN; OZONE LOSS; PARALLEL MODELS; POLAR VORTEX; PREVIOUS YEAR; ZONAL WIND;

OZONE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; LATITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 84871585940     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053876     Document Type: Article

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