Experimental evidence that excited ozone is a source of nitrous oxide

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 4333-4336

  Zipf, E C ^a   Prasad, S S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Creative Research Enterprises   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; BUDGET CONTROL;

ABSORPTION MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC SOURCE; MASS INDEPENDENT ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GLOBAL BUDGET; ISOTOPE ANOMALIES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; NITROUS OXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE;

EID: 0033489821     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900159     Document Type: Article

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