A wintertime in situ profile of BrO between 17 and 27 km in the Arctic vortex

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 853-856

  McKinney, Karena A ^a   Pierson, James M ^a   Toohey, Darin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXING; NASA; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MEASUREMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; OXIDES;

BROMINE OXIDE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MIDLATITUDES; MIXING RATIOS; PARTS PER TRILLION; RAPID RELEASE; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

BROMINE; OZONE LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BROMINE OXIDE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

SWEDEN, KIRUNA;

EID: 0031113721     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00808     Document Type: Article

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