Enhanced upper tropical tropospheric COS: Impact on the stratospheric aerosol layer

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5617, 2003, Pages 307-310

  Notholt, J ^a   Kuang, Z ^b,h   Rinsland, C P ^c   Toon, G C ^d   Rex, M ^e   Jones, N ^f   Albrecht, T ^e   Deckelmann, H ^e   Krieg, J ^e   Weinzierl, C ^a   Bingemer, H ^g   Weller, R ^e   Schrems, O ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^g GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; CARBON MONOXIDE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

VOLCANIC QUIESCENCE;

TROPOSPHERE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CARBONYL SULFIDE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBONYL COMPOUND; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BURN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); METEOROLOGY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANO;

EID: 0242668438     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1080320     Document Type: Article

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