Closure of the total hydrogen budget of the northern extratropical lower stratosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D7, 1999, Pages 8191-8200

  Hurst, D F ^a,d   Dutton, G S ^a,d   Romashkin, P A ^a,d   Wamsley, P R ^a,d,e   Moore, F L ^a,d   Elkins, J W ^a   Hintsa, E J ^b,f   Weinstock, E M ^b   Herman, R L ^c   Moyer, E J ^c   Scott, D C ^c   May, R D ^c   Webster, C R ^c  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Ophir Corporation   (United States)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN; METHANE; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0033586615     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD100092     Document Type: Article

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