Trends and variability in total ozone from a mid-latitude southern Hemisphere Site: The Melbourne dobson record 1978-2012

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 58-65

  Tully, M B ^a   Klekociuk, A R ^b   Rhodes, S K ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

chemistry; Dobson; intraseasonal variability; mid latitudes; observation; ozone; southern hemisphere; stratosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922677062     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2013.869192     Document Type: Article

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