Ground-based nitric acid measurements at Arrival Heights, Antarctica, using solar and lunar Fourier transform infrared observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Wood, S W ^a   Batchelor, R L ^a,b   Goldman, A ^c   Rinsland, C P ^d   Connor, B J ^a   Murcray, F J ^c   Stephen, T M ^c   Heuff, D N ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Polar; Stratosphere; Winter

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITRIC ACID; POLAR REGION; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 10244244979     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004665     Document Type: Article

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