Observations of methyl nitrate in the lower stratosphere during STRAT: Implications for its gas phase production mechanisms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1891-1894

  Flocke, F ^a   Atlas, E ^a   Madronich, S ^a   Schauffler, S M ^a   Aikin, K ^b   Margitan, J J ^c   Bui, T P ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Jet Propul Laboratory   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATES; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; NASA; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

METHYL NITRATE; STRATOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITRATES;

GAS PHASE PRODUCTION; METHYL NITRATE; STRATOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; GAS PHASE PRODUCTION; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; METHYL NITRATE; PEROXY RADICALS; PHOTOCHEMICAL SOURCES; STRATOSPHERIC TRACERS;

EID: 0032098438     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl01417     Document Type: Article

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