The response of ozone and nitrogen dioxide to the eruption of mt. pinatubo at southern and northern midlatitudes

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 894-900

  Aquila, V ^a   Oman, L D ^a   Stolarski, R ^a,b   Douglass, A R ^a   Newman, P A ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Climate models; Ozone; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; EXTRATROPICAL; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; OZONE DEPLETION; OZONE RESPONSE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; VOLCANIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOLS; CLIMATE MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE LAYER; VOLCANOES;

OZONE;

ADVECTION; AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CENTRAL LUZON; LUZON; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; ZAMBALES;

PINATUBO;

EID: 84874961636     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0143.1     Document Type: Article

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