Relating inferred HNO3 flux values to the denitrification of the 1999-2000 Arctic vortex

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2002, Pages

  Northway, Megan J ^a,b   Popp, Peter J ^a,b   Gao, Ru Shan ^a   Fahey, David W ^a,b   Toon, Geoff C ^c   Bui, T Paul ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Cooprtv Inst for Res/Envrn Stds ^*  (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; NITRIC ACID; SEDIMENTATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

GRAVITATIONAL FLUX;

GEOPHYSICS;

DENITRIFICATION; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE; WINTER;

EID: 0242515968     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl015000     Document Type: Article

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