Measurements of nitrogen oxides at the tropopause: Attribution to convection and correlation with lightning

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D3, 2000, Pages 3679-3700

  Jeker, Dominique P ^a   Pfister, Leonhard ^b   Thompson, Anne M ^c   Brunner, Dominik ^d   Boccippio, Dennis J ^e   Pickering, Kenneth E ^f   Wernli, Heini ^a   Kondo, Yutaka ^g   Staehelin, Johannes ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; LIGHTNING; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0033784927     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD901053     Document Type: Article

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