The H2so4 component of stratospheric aerosols derived from satellite infrared extinction measurements: Application to stratospheric transport studies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2219-2222

  Lambert, A ^a   Grainger, R G ^a   Rogers, H L ^a   Norton, W A ^a   Rodgers, C D ^a   Taylor, F W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CALCULATIONS; COMPOSITION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SULFURIC ACID; TEMPERATURE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VAPORS;

AEROSOL DROP COMPOSITION; CONTOUR ADVECTION; INFRARED EXTINCTION PROPERTIES; MASS MIXING RATIO; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GASES; TRACER; VOLUME DENSITY; WATER VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; STRATOSPHERE; SULPHATE AEROSOL; TRACER; UARS;

EID: 0030207087     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02074     Document Type: Article

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