The signs of Antarctic ozone hole recovery

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Kuttippurath, Jayanarayanan ^a,b   Nair, Prijitha J ^a,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

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EID: 85017113402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00722-7     Document Type: Article

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