Testing our understanding of Arctic denitrification using MIPAS-E satellite measurements in winter 2002/2003

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3149-3161

  Davies, S ^a   Mann, G W ^a   Carslaw, K S ^a   Chipperfleld, M P ^a   Remedies, J J ^b   Allen, G ^c   Waterfall, A M ^d   Spang, R ^e   Toon, G C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ENVISAT-1; GAS PHASE REACTION; NITRIC ACID; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATOSPHERE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 33746779369     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-3149-2006     Document Type: Review

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