Quasi-stationary planetary waves in late winter Antarctic stratosphere temperature as a possible indicator of spring total ozone

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2865-2879

  Kravchenko, V O ^a   Evtushevsky, O M ^a   Grytsai, A V ^a   Klekociuk, A R ^b   Milinevsky, G P ^a   Grytsai, Z I ^a  

^a TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CORRELATION; OZONE; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE ACTION; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84879541158     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-2865-2012     Document Type: Article

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