Variability in Antarctic ozone loss in the last decade (2004-2013): High-resolution simulations compared to Aura MLS observations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 10385-10397

  Kuttippurath, J ^a,b   Godin Beekmann, S ^a   Lefevre F ^a   Santee, M L ^c   Froidevaux, L ^c   Hauchecorne, A ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WINTER;

EID: 84942155517     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-10385-2015     Document Type: Article

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