A three-dimensional dynamic model of the minor constituents of the mesosphere

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3157-3172

  Sonnemann, G ^a   Kremp, Ch ^a   Ebel, A ^b   Berger, U ^b  

^a Inst F Atmospharenphysik   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical heating rate; Global modelling; Mesospheric ozone; Odd oxygen; Vertical flux

Indexed keywords

MESOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; PLASMAS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MESOSPHERE; MODEL; OZONE; THERMOSPHERE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; HEATING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0032169489     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00113-7     Document Type: Article

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