ATMOS/ATLAS-3 observations of long-lived tracers and descent in the Antarctic vortex in November 1994

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2341-2344

  Abrams, M C ^a   Manney, G L ^b   Gunson, M R ^b   Abbas, M M ^c   Chang, A Y ^b   Goldman, A ^d   Irion, F W ^b,e   Michelsen, H A ^f   Newchurch, M J ^g   Rinsland, C P ^a   Salawitch, R J ^b   Stiller, G P ^h   Zander, R ⁱ  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^h KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GASES; HYDROGEN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; INFRARED TRANSMISSION; METHANE; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN OXIDES; SPECTROMETERS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANTARCTIC VORTEX; ATMOSPHERIC TRACE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; MIXING RATIOS; POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SOLAR OCCULTATION MEASUREMENT; STRATOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ATLAS-3 MISSION; ATMOS; ATMOSPHERIC TRACE GAS; POLAR VORTEX; SPECTROSCOPY; STRATOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0030207055     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00705     Document Type: Article

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