Implications of satellite OH observations for middle atmospheric H2O and ozone

Science

Volumn 277, Issue 5334, 1997, Pages 1967-1970

  Summers, M E ^a   Conway, R R ^a   Siskind, D E ^a   Stevens, M H ^a   Offermann, D ^b   Riese, M ^b   Preusse, P ^b   Strobel, D F ^c   Russell III, J M ^d  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; WATER;

CRISTA; HYDROXYL; MAHRSI; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; OZONE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0030823469     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5334.1967     Document Type: Article

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