An upper stratospheric layer of enhanced HNO3 following exceptional solar storms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Orsolini, Y J ^a   Manney, G L ^b,c   Santee, M L ^b   Randall, C E ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GEOMAGNETISM; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

POLAR VERTEX; SOLAR STORMS; STRATOSPHERIC NITRIC ACID;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITRIC ACID; POLAR VORTEX; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 20444481869     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021588     Document Type: Article

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