NOy-N2O correlation observed inside the Arctic vortex in February 1997: Dynamical and chemical effects

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D7, 1999, Pages 8215-8224

  Kondo, Y ^a   Koike, M ^a   Engel, A ^b   Schmidt, U ^b   Mueller, M ^b   Sugita, T ^c,d   Kanzawa, H ^d   Nakazawa, T ^e   Aoki, S ^e   Irie, H ^a   Toriyama, N ^a   Suzuki, T ^a   Sasano, Y ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BALLOON OBSERVATION; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; STRATOSPHERE;

KIRUNA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033586610     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900020     Document Type: Article

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