Characteristics and origin of lowermost stratospheric aerosol at northern midlatitudes under volcanically quiescent conditions based on CARIBIC observations

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Martinsson, Bengt G ^a   Nguyen, Hung N ^a   Brenninkmeijer, Carl A M ^b   Zahn, Andreas ^c   Heintzenberg, Jost ^d   Hermann, Markus ^d   van Velthoven, Peter F J ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 23244443555     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005644     Document Type: Article

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