Trace chemical measurements from the northern midlatitude lowermost stratosphere in early spring: Distributions, correlations, and fate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-130

  Singh, H B ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Gregory, G L ^b   Sachse, G W ^b   Talbot, R ^c   Blake, D R ^d   Kondo, Y ^e   Bradshaw, J D ^f   Heikes, B ^g   Thornton, D ^h  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^h DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CHEMICALS; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MIXING; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

STRATOSPHERE; TRACE CHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; TRACE CHEMICALS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

SPRING; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 0030683948     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03770     Document Type: Article

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