ATMOS measurements of H2O+2CH4 and total reactive nitrogen in the November 1994 Antarctic stratosphere: Dehydration and denitrification in the vortex

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2397-2400

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

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f Syst and Appl Sciences Corporation   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALCULATIONS; DEHYDRATION; DENITRIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; VORTEX FLOW; WATER;

ANTARCTIC STRATOSPHERE; ANTARCTIC VORTEX; ATMOSPHERIC TRACE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; TOTAL REACTIVE NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; VOLUME MIXING RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ATMOS; DEHYDRATION; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROGEN; REACTIVE NITROGEN; STRATOSPHERE; VORTEX;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0030207080     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00048     Document Type: Article

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