NOy partitioning and budget and its correlation with N 2O in the Arctic vortex and in summer midlatitudes in 1997

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 16, 2002, Pages

  Wetzel, G ^a   Oelhaf, H ^a   Ruhnke, R ^a   Friedl Vallon, F ^a   Kleinert, A ^a   Kouker, W ^a   Maucher, G ^a   Reddmann, T ^a   Seefeldner, M ^a   Stowasser, M ^a   Trieschmann, O ^a   Von Clarmann, T ^a   Fischer, H ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balloon measurements; Denitrification; IR limb sounding; Nitrogen partitioning; Stratospheric ozone chemistry; Vortex remnants

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; INTERFEROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLAR VORTEX;

ARCTIC;

EID: 32144442564     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000916     Document Type: Article

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