Modeling the effect of denitrification on Arctic ozone depletion during winter 1999/2000

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D5, 2002, Pages

  Davies, S ^a   Chipperfield, M P ^a   Carslaw, K S ^a   Sinnhuber, B M ^a   Anderson, J G ^b   Stimpfle, R M ^b   Wilmouth, D M ^b   Fahey, D W ^c   Popp, P J ^c   Richard, E C ^c   Von Der Gathen, P ^d   Jost, H ^e   Webster, C R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; denitrification; modeling; ozone; SOLVE THESEO 2000; stratosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957892277     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000445     Document Type: Article

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