Stratospheric NO and NO2 abundances from ATMOS solar-occultation measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2373-2376

  Newchurch, M J ^a   Allen, M ^b   Gunson, M R ^b   Salawitch, R J ^b   Collins, G B ^a   Huston, K H ^a   Abbas, M M ^c   Abrams, M C ^e   Chang, A Y ^b   Fahey, D W ^f   Gao, R S ^f   Irion, F W ^d   Loewenstein, M ^g   Manney, G L ^b   Michelsen, H A ^h   Podolske, J R ^g   Rinsland, C P ^e   Zander, R ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRACE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; DIURNAL VARIATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODEL; SOLAR OCCULTATION MEASUREMENTS; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; VOLUME MIXING RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ATMOS; DIURNAL VARIATION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SOLAR OCCULTATION; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0030207010     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01196     Document Type: Article

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