Observation of mesospheric air inside the arctic stratospheric polar vortex in early 2003

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 267-282

  Engel, An ^a   Mobius T ^a   Haase, H P ^a,b   Bonisch H ^a   Wetter, T ^a   Schmidt, U ^a   Levin, I ^c   Reddmann, T ^d   Oelhaf, H ^d   Wetzel, G ^d   Grunow, K ^e   Huret, N ^f   Pirre, M ^f  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DekaBank   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS;

ARCTIC;

EID: 33144467610     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-267-2006     Document Type: Article

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