Antarctic ozone loss in 1979-2010: First sign of ozone recovery

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1625-1635

  Kuttippurath, J ^a   Lefevre F ^a   Roscoe, H K ^b   Goutail, F ^a   Pazmino A ^a   Shanklin, J D ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA SET; HALOGEN; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; OZONE; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOMS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84873894642     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-1625-2013     Document Type: Article

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