Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) Arctic stratospheric measurements of NOx during February and March 2004: Impact of intense solar flares

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Rinsland, Curtis P ^a   Boone, Chris ^b   Nassar, Ray ^b   Walker, Kaley ^b   Bernath, Peter ^b   McConnell, John C ^c   Chiou, Linda ^d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SPECTROMETERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER; VOLUME MIXING RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 25844455131     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022425     Document Type: Article

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