Airborne Polar Experiment-Polar Ozone, Leewaves, Chemistry, and Transport (APE-POLECAT): Rationale, road map and summary of measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D19, 1999, Pages 23941-23959

  Stefanutti, L ^a   MacKenzie, A R ^b,c   Balestri, S ^d   Khattatov, V ^e   Fiocco, G ^f   Kyro E ^g   Peter, T ^h  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Airborne Polar Exp Mgmt Committee   (Italy)

^e CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^g FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FALCONIDAE;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD;

EID: 0033589084     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD100078     Document Type: Article

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