Model overestimates of NOy in the upper stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 803-806

  Nevison, C D ^a,b   Solomon, S ^a   Garcia, R R ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; REACTION RATES;

GARCIA SOLOMON TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; STRATOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MODEL; NITROUS OXIDE; STRATOSPHERE; TOTAL REACTIVE NITROGEN; UARS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRACE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPIES; MODEL AND OBSERVATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; PHOTOLYSIS RATES; SATELLITE DATA; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH SATELLITES;

EID: 0031109537     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00549     Document Type: Article

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