A Lagrangian method to study stratospheric nitric acid variations in the polar regions as measured by the Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Rivière, Emmanuel D ^a   Terao, Yukio ^a   Nakajima, Hideaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Homogenous freezing; ILAS; PSC; Sedimentation; Trajectory hunting

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NITRIC ACID; POLAR REGION; SPECTROMETER;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

EID: 1442312989     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003718     Document Type: Article

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