Evidence for the removal of gaseous HNO3 inside the Arctic polar vortex in January 1992

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-152

  Hopfner M ^a,b   Blom, C E ^a,b   Blumenstock, T ^a,b   Fischer, H ^a,b   Guide, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VORTEX FLOW;

COLUMN AMOUNT; DYNAMIC VARIATIONS; EMISSION MEASUREMENT; EQUILIBRIUM SATURATION; GASPHASE; POLAR VORTEX;

NITRIC ACID;

AIRBORNE OBSERVATION; EASOE; GASEOUS NITRIC ACID; NITRIC ACID DEPLETION; POLAR VORTEX;

EID: 0029750117     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL03779     Document Type: Article

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