Comments on some recent measurements of anomalously steep N2O and O3 tracer spectra in the stratospheric surf zone

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 24001-24004

  Ngan, Keith ^a   Shepherd, Theodore G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0001713356     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd01767     Document Type: Review

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