Tracing the second stage of ozone recovery in the Antarctic ozone-hole with a "big data" approach to multivariate regressions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-97

  De Laat, A T J ^a   Van Der A, R J ^a   Van Weele, M ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; HEAT FLUX; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OZONE; OZONE DEPLETION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84920735486     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-79-2015     Document Type: Article

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