The contributions of chemistry and transport to low arctic ozone in March 2011 derived from Aura MLS observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1563-1576

  Strahan, S E ^a,b   Douglass, A R ^b   Newman, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

arctic vortex; ozone loss; stratospheric ozone; transport

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CHEMISTRY AND TRANSPORT MODELS; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMICAL REACTION; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMISTRY; LOWERMOST STRATOSPHERE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; OZONE LOSS; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; TRANSPORT;

VORTEX FLOW;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; OZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; STRATOSPHERE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VORTEX;

EID: 84880315812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50181     Document Type: Article

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