Revisiting the hemispheric asymmetry in midlatitude ozone changes following the Mount Pinatubo eruption: A 3-D model study

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3038-3047

  Dhomse, S S ^a   Chipperfield, M P ^a   Feng, W ^a   Hossaini, R ^a   Mann, G W ^a   Santee, M L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

chemical modeling; ozone; Pinatubo; satellite data

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OZONE; OZONE LAYER;

CHEMICAL MODEL; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; HEMI-SPHERIC ASYMMETRIES; MOUNT PINATUBO ERUPTION; PINATUBO; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL CHEMICALS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ASYMMETRY; OZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CENTRAL LUZON; LUZON; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; ZAMBALES;

EID: 84929512947     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063052     Document Type: Article

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