Recent Northern Hemisphere stratospheric HCl increase due to atmospheric circulation changes

Nature

Volumn 515, Issue 7525, 2014, Pages 104-107

  Mahieu, E ^a   Chipperfield, M P ^b   Notholt, J ^c   Reddmann, T ^d   Anderson, J ^e   Bernath, P F ^f,g,h   Blumenstock, T ^d   Coffey, M T ⁱ   Dhomse, S S ^b   Feng, W ^b   Franco, B ^a   Froidevaux, L ^j   Griffith, D W T ^k   Hannigan, J W ⁱ   Hase, F ^d   Hossaini, R ^b   Jones, N B ^k   Morino, I ^l   Murata, I ^m   Nakajima, H ^l   Palm, M ^c   Paton Walsh, C ^k   Russell, J M ^e   Schneider, M ^d   Servais, C ^a   Smale, D ⁿ   Walker, K A ^h,o   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^m TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; OZONE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CFC; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MONTREAL PROTOCOL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84920716956     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13857     Document Type: Article

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