Changes in upper stratospheric CH4 and NO2 as measured by HALOE and implications for changes in transport

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 987-990

  Nedoluha, G E ^a   Siskind, D E ^a   Bacmeister, J T ^a   Bevilacqua, R M ^a   Russell, J M ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDES; SOLAR ENERGY; GAS EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EMISSION RATES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MEASUREMENTS OF; NET EFFECT; SOLAR CYCLE VARIATIONS; TRANSPORT RATE; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL UPWELLING;

METHANE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL UPWELLING;

EID: 0032051418     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00489     Document Type: Article

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