Trends of OCS, HCN, SF6, CHClF2 (HCFC-22) in the lower stratosphere from 1985 and 1994 Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy experiment measurements near 30°N latitude

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2349-2352

  Rinsland, C P ^a   Mahieu, E ^b   Zander, R ^b   Gunson, M R ^c,i   Salawitch, R J ^c,i   Chang, A Y ^c,i   Goldman, A ^d   Abrams, M C ^a,e   Abbas, M M ^f   Newchurch, M J ^g   Irion, F W ^h,j  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^e SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^f NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ Mail Stop 401A ^*  (United States)

^j California Institute of Technology   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETERS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRACE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; INFRARED SOLAR OCCULTATION SPECTRA; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; STANDARD DEVIATION; VOLUME MIXING RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

AEROSOL; MIXING RATIO; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER;

EID: 0030207060     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01234     Document Type: Article

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