Fast in situ stratospheric hygrometers: A new family of balloon-borne and airborne Lyman α photofragment fluorescence hygrometers

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D1, 1999, Pages 1807-1816

  Zoger M ^a,b   Afchine, A ^a   Eicke, N ^a   Gerhards, M T ^a   Klein, E ^a   McKenna, D S ^a   Morschel U ^a,c,f   Schmidt, U ^a,d   Tan, V ^a   Tuitjer, F ^a,e   Woyke, T ^a   Schiller, C ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c Textechno Mönchengladbach   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Microlas GmbH   (Germany)

^f Textechno Herbert Stein GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033585611     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD100025     Document Type: Article

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