Ground based millimeter-wave observations of Arctic chlorine activation during winter and spring 1996/97

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 3331-3334

  Raffalski, U ^a,c,d   Klein, U ^a   Franke, B ^a   Langer, J ^a   Sinnhuber, B M ^a   Trentmann, J ^a   Kunzi K F ^a   Schrems, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^d Institute of Space Physics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND BASED MILLIMETER WAVE RADIOMETER; OZONE DEPLETION; STRATOSPHERIC CHLORINE MONOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; OZONE LAYER; RADIOMETERS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

CFC; CHLORINE; OZONE DEPLETION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0032173116     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL52487     Document Type: Article

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