Modulation of Antarctic vortex composition by the quasi-biennial oscillation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4216-4223

  Strahan, S E ^a,b   Oman, L D ^b   Douglass, A R ^b   Coy, L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic ozone; quasi biennial oscillation; stratospheric chlorine; stratospheric transport

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); OZONE; OZONE LAYER;

ANTARCTIC VORTEX; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; OZONE DEPLETION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS;

VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; AURA (SATELLITE); MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; VORTEX;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84931570755     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063759     Document Type: Article

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