Total ozone and umkehr observations at hoher sonnblick 1994–2011: Climatology and extreme events

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 739-752

  Fitzka, M ^a   Hadzimustafic, J ^a   Simic, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; OZONE; SOLAR ENERGY; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME VALUE THEORY; LOG-WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; OZONE CONCENTRATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TOTAL OZONE; TOTAL OZONE MEASUREMENTS;

OZONE LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; EXTREME EVENT; MAGNITUDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; SEA LEVEL; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRATOSPHERE; THRESHOLD;

AUSTRIA; SONNBLICK;

EID: 84896113488     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021173     Document Type: Article

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