NOy formed by precipitating electron events in 1991 and 1992: Descent into the stratosphere as observed by ISAMS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1875-1878

  Callis, Linwood B ^a   Lambeth, James D ^a,b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; FORMATION RATES; LOCAL MAXIMUM; MIXING RATIOS;

ELECTRONS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

PRECIPITATING ELECTRONS;

ELECTRON EVENT; NITROGEN OXIDE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0032096360     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl01219     Document Type: Article

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