Correlations of stratospheric abundances of CH4 and N2O derived from ATMOS measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2777-2780

  Michelsen, H A ^a,b   Manney, G L ^c   Gunson, M R ^c   Rinsland, C P ^d   Zander, R ^e  

^a AER Inc   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Methane; Nitrous oxide; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRACE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY INSTRUMENT; SPRINGTIME ARCTIC VORTEX; MIXING RATIOS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0032148232     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01977     Document Type: Article

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