MLS observations of ClO and HNO3 in the 1996-97 Arctic polar vortex

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2713-2716

  Santee, M L ^a   Manney, G L ^a   Froidevaux, L ^a   Zurek, R W ^a   Waters, J W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOLYSIS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; NITRIC ACID; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

DIABATIC; GASPHASE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; POLAR VORTEX; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

GASES; OZONE LAYER;

ARCTIC POLAR VORTEX; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER (MLS);

CHLORINE MONOXIDE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; NITRIC ACID; POLAR VORTEX;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0031277939     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL52830     Document Type: Article

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