Stratospheric HBr concentration profile obtained from far-infrared emission spectroscopy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 281-284

  Nolt, I G ^a   Ade, P A R ^b   Alboni, F ^c   Carli, B ^d,f   Carlotti, M ^c   Cortesi, U ^d,f   Epifani, M ^d,f   Griffin, M J ^b,f   Hamilton, P A ^b,f   Lee, C ^b,f   Lepri, G ^c   Mencaraglia, F ^d,f   Murray, A G ^b,f   Park, J H ^a   Park, K ^e   Raspollini, P ^d,f   Ridolfi, M ^d,f   Vanek, M D ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^f CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REACTION KINETICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; BROMINE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

HYDROGEN BROMIDE; OZONE LOSS CHEMISTRY; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELS; STRATOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; REACTION KINETICS;

HYDROGEN BROMIDE; SPECTROSCOPY; STRATOSPHERE;

ALTITUDE PROFILES; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; FAR INFRARED EMISSIONS; HYDROGEN BROMIDE; OZONE LOSS; PARTS PER TRILLION; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELS;

EID: 0031073320     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00034     Document Type: Article

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