Reconciling differences in stratospheric ozone composites

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2017, Pages 12269-12302

  Ball, William T ^a,b   Alsing, Justin ^c,d   Mortlock, Daniel J ^d,e   Rozanov, Eugene V ^a,b   Tummon, Fiona ^a   Haigh, Joanna D ^d  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^c FLATIRON INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DECADAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 85031825402     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-12269-2017     Document Type: Article

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