On the occurrence of ClO in cirrus clouds and volcanic aerosol in the tropopause region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2011-2014

  Borrmann, Stephan ^a   Solomon, Susan ^b,c   Avallone, Linnea ^d   Toohey, Darin ^e   Baumgardner, Darrel ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLOUDS; AEROSOLS; BUDGET CONTROL; OZONE; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

CHLORINE OXIDE; CIRRUS CLOUDS; TROPOPAUSE REGION; VOLCANIC AEROSOL;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLOUDS;

CHLORINE MONOXIDE; CIRRUS; TROPOPAUSE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL;

AEROSOL SURFACE AREA; AIRBORNE OBSERVATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMISTRY; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MOUNT PINATUBO ERUPTION; TROPOPAUSE REGION; VOLCANIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 0031200759     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02053     Document Type: Article

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