Monthly averages of nitrous oxide and ozone for the Northern and Southern Hemisphere high latitudes: A "1-year climatology" derived from ILAS/ILAS-II observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Khosrawi, Farahnaz ^a,b   Muller R ^b   Proffitt, M H ^c   Nakajima, H ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c Proffitt Instruments Inc ^*  (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION THEORY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ADEOS; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION; NITROUS OXIDE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPECTROMETER; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 33746553320     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006384     Document Type: Article

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