Measurements of O3, H2O and ClO in the middle atmosphere using the millimeter-wave atmospheric sounder (MAS)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2313-2316

  Hartmann, G K ^a   Bevilacqua, R M ^b   Schwartz, P R ^b   Kampfer N ^c   Kunzi K F ^d   Aellig, C P ^b   Berg, A ^d   Boogaerts, W ^a   Connor, B J ^e,j   Croskey, G L ^f   Daehler, M ^b   Degenhardt, W ^a   Dicken, H D ^d   Goldizen, D ^f,n   Kriebel, D ^g   Langen, J ^d,k   Loidl, A ^a   Olivero, J J ^h   Pauls, T A ^b   Puliafito, S E ⁱ   Richards, M L ^a   Rudin, C ^c,l   Tsou, J J ^e,m   Waltman, W B ^b   Umlauft, G ^a   Zwick, R ^a   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^h EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^k ESA ESTBC   (Netherlands)

^l IUB Ingenieur Unternehmung AG Bern   (Switzerland)

^m GATS INC   (United States)

ⁿ AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DATA REDUCTION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER;

MILLIMETER WAVE ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDER; MILLIMETER WAVE SPECTROSCOPY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH SATELLITE;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

ATMOSPHERIC INSTRUMENT; ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDER; CHLORINE MONOXIDE; MAS; OZONE; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0030207103     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01475     Document Type: Article

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