Subsidence, mixing, and denitrification of Arctic polar vortex air measured during POLARIS

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D21, 1999, Pages 26611-26623

  Rex, M ^a   Salawitch, R J ^a   Toon, G C ^a   Sen, B ^a   Margitan, J J ^a   Osterman, G B ^a   Blavier, J F ^a   Gao, R S ^a,b   Donnelly, S ^b   Keim, E ^b   Neuman, J ^b   Fahey, D W ^b   Webster, C R ^a   Scott, D C ^a   Herman, R L ^a   May, R D ^a   Moyer, E J ^a   Gunson, M R ^a   Irion, F W ^a   Chang, A Y ^a   Rinsland, C P ^c   Bui, T P ^d   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ARCTIC; DENITRIFICATION; METHANE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPERATURE; VORTEX MOTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; MIXING; POLAR VORTEX; SUBSIDENCE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0033589456     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900463     Document Type: Article

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