Heterogeneous chlorine chemistry in the tropopause region

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 21411-21429

  Solomon, S ^a,b   Borrmann, S ^c   Garcia, R R ^b   Portmann, R ^a   Thomason, L ^d   Poole, L R ^d   Winker, D ^d   McCormick, M P ^e  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHLORINE; CIRRUS; OZONE DEPLETION; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0031414023     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd01525     Document Type: Article

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