Six years of UARS microwave limb sounder HNO3 observations: Seasonal, interhemispheric, and interannual variations in the lower stratosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D7, 1999, Pages 8225-8246

  Santee, M L ^a   Manney, G L ^a   Froidevaux, L ^a   Read, W G ^a   Waters, J W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; NITRIC ACID; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0033586616     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD100089     Document Type: Article

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