A Lagrangian approach to studying Arctic polar stratospheric clouds using UARS MLS HNO3 and POAM II aerosol extinction measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages

  Santee, M L ^a   Tabazadeh, A ^b   Manney, G L ^a,c   Fromm, M D ^d   Bevilacqua, R M ^e   Waters, J W ^a   Jensen, E J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIC ACID; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0037182648     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jd000227     Document Type: Article

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