The unusual persistence of an ozone hole over a southern mid-latitude station during the Antarctic spring 2009: A multi-instrument study

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1435-1449

  Wolfram, E A ^a   Salvador, J ^a   Orte, F ^a   D'Elia, R ^a   Godin Beekmann, S ^b   Kuttippurath, J ^b   Pazmino A ^b   Goutail, F ^b   Casiccia, C ^c   Zamorano, F ^c   Paes Leme, N ^d   Quel, E J ^a  

^a UMI IFAECI CNRS 3351 ^*  (Argentina)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Middle atmosphere composition and chemistry)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; OZONE DEPLETION; SATELLITE DATA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL OZONE;

EID: 84880811188     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-30-1435-2012     Document Type: Article

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