Assessing the relationship between spectral solar irradiance and stratospheric ozone using Bayesian inference

Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ball, William T ^a   Mortlock, Daniel J ^a   Egerton, Jack S ^a   Haigh, Joanna D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ozone; Spectral solar irradiance; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908460968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21157251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/swsc/2014023     Document Type: Article

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