Remote measurements of volcanic gas compositions by solar occultation spectroscopy

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6711, 1998, Pages 567-570

  Francis, Peter ^a   Burton, Mike R ^b   Oppenheimer, Clive ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOGEN; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; GAS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; VOLCANO;

EID: 0032506513     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/25115     Document Type: Article

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