Infrared measurements of atmospheric CH3CN

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Kleinböhl, Armin ^a   Toon, Geoffrey C ^a   Sen, Bhaswar ^a   Blavier, Jean François L ^a   Weisenstein, Debra K ^b   Wennberg, Paul O ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETERS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ION-MOLECULE REACTIONS; SOLAR OCCULTATION MEASUREMENTS; VOLUME MIXING RATIO;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

INFRARED IMAGERY; RESIDENCE TIME; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 31544450517     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024283     Document Type: Article

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