Carbonaceous aerosol (Soot) measured in the lower stratosphere during POLARIS and its role in stratospheric photochemistry

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D21, 1999, Pages 26753-26766

  Strawa, A W ^a   Drdla, K ^a   Ferry, G V ^a   Verma, S ^b   Pueschel, R F ^a   Yasuda, M ^c   Salawitch, R J ^d   Gao, R S ^e   Howard, S D ^f   Bui, P T ^a   Loewenstein, M ^a   Elkins, J W ^g   Perkins, K K ^h   Cohen, R ⁱ  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Symtek   (United States)

^g EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOOT; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0001164207     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900453     Document Type: Article

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