The spring 2011 final stratospheric warming above Eureka: Anomalous dynamics and chemistry

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 611-624

  Adams, C ^a,j   Strong, K ^a   Zhao, X ^a   Bourassa, A E ^b   Daffer, W H ^c   Degenstein, D ^b   Drummond, J R ^a,d   Farahani, E E ^a   Fraser, A ^a,k   Lloyd, N D ^b   Manney, G L ^c,e,l   McLinden, C A ^f   Rex, M ^g   Roth, C ^b   Strahan, S E ^h   Walker, K A ^a,i   Wohltmann, I ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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

^h UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^l North West Research Associates ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OSIRIS; POLAR VORTEX; SPRING (SEASON); STRATOSPHERE; TOTAL OZONE; WARMING;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; EUREKA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 84872716669     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-611-2013     Document Type: Article

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