The use of SMILES data to study ozone loss in the Arctic winter 2009/2010 and comparison with Odin/SMR data using assimilation techniques

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 12855-12869

  Sagi, K ^a   Murtagh, D ^a   Urban, J ^a   Sagawa, H ^b   Kasai, Y ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ASSIMILATION; MIXING RATIO; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR VORTEX; TRACER; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84915746875     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-12855-2014     Document Type: Article

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