Validation of stratospheric nitric acid profiles observed by Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer (ILAS)-II

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Irie, H ^a   Sugita, T ^b   Nakajima, H ^b   Yokota, T ^b   Oelhaf, H ^c   Wetzel, G ^c   Toon, G C ^d   Sen, B ^d   Santee, M L ^d   Terao, Y ^e   Saitoh, N ^b   Ejiri, M K ^b   Tanaka, T ^b   Kondo, Y ^f   Kanzawa, H ^g   Kobayashi, H ^h   Sasano, Y ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLIMATOLOGY; NITRIC ACID; SPECTROMETERS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ADEOS; NITRIC ACID; SPECTROMETER; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 33746563395     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006115     Document Type: Article

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