Nitric acid (HNO3) in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere at midlatitudes: New results from aircraft-based mass spectrometric measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D19, 1998, Pages 25337-25343

  Schneider, J ^a,c   Arnold, F ^a   Burger V ^a,d   Droste Franke, B ^a,e   Grimm, F ^a   Kirchner, G ^a   Klemm, M ^a   Stilp, T ^a   Wohlfrom, K H ^a   Siegmund, P ^b   Van Velthoven, P F J ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXING RATIO; NITRIC ACID; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0032468020     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD02240     Document Type: Article

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