Highly resolved observations of trace gases in the lowermost stratosphere and upper troposphere from the Spurt project: An overview

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 283-301

  Engel, An ^a   Bonisch H ^a   Brunner, D ^e   Fischer, H ^c   Franke, H ^f   Gunther G ^b   Gurk, C ^c   Hegglin, M ^e   Hoor, P ^c   Konigstedt R ^c   Krebsbach, M ^b   Maser, R ^f   Parchatka, U ^c   Peter, T ^e   Schell, D ^e   Schiller, C ^b   Schmidt, U ^a   Spelten, N ^b   Szabo, T ^d   Weers, U ^c   Wernli, H ^d   Wetter, T ^a   Wirth, V ^d   more..

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^f ENVISCOPE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 33645649844     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-283-2006     Document Type: Review

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