Mesospheric HOx photochemistry: Constraints from recent satellite measurements of OH and H2O

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2097-2100

  Summers, Michael E ^a   Conway, Robert R ^a   Siskind, David E ^a   Bevilacqua, R ^a   Strobel, Darrell F ^b   Zasadil, Scott ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOLYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER; WEATHER SATELLITES;

HYDROXYL; MESOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR MEASUREMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

HYDROGEN; MAHRSI; MESOSPHERE; ODD HYDROGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SATELLITE MEASUREMENT; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0030207031     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01400     Document Type: Article

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