Atmospheric radical production by excitation of vibrational overtones via absorption of visible light

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2651-2654

  Donaldson, D J ^a   Frost, G J ^b,c   Rosenlof, K H ^b,c   Tuck, A F ^b   Vaida, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; DISSOCIATION; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHROMOPHORES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHROMOPORES; ATMOSPHERIC RADICAL PRODUCTION; PHOTODISSOCIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITRIC ACID; ODD HYDROGEN; PERNITRIC ACID; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STRATOSPHERE;

ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MOLECULAR CLOUDS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; RADICAL PRODUCTION; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

EID: 0031277417     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02663     Document Type: Article

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