In-situ comparison of the NOy instruments flown in MOZAIC and SPURT

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2401-2410

  Patz H W ^a   Volz Thomas, A ^a   Hegglin, M I ^b   Brunner, D ^b   Fischer, H ^c   Schmidt, U ^d  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; AIRCRAFT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PROBE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 33745558903     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-2401-2006     Document Type: Article

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