Stratospheric observations of CH3D and HDO from ATMOS infrared solar spectra: Enrichments of deuterium in methane and implications for HD

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2381-2384

  Irion, F W ^a,h   Moyer, E J ^a   Gunson, M R ^b   Rinsland, C P ^c   Yung, Y L ^a   Michelsen, H A ^d   Salawitch, R J ^b   Chang, A Y ^b   Newchurch, M J ^e   Abbas, M M ^f   Abrams, M C ^c   Zander, R ^g  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^f NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTERFEROMETERS; ISOTOPES; METHANE; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TRACE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SOLAR SPECTRA; SOLAR OCCULTATIONS; VOLUME MIXING RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ATMOS; DEUTERIUM; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0030206999     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01402     Document Type: Article

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