On the ability of chemical transport models to simulate the vertical structure of the N2O, NO2 and HNO3 species in the mid-latitude stratosphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1599-1609

  Berthet, G ^a,b   Huret, N ^b   Lefevre F ^a   Moreau, G ^b   Robert, C ^b   Chartier, M ^b   Catoire, V ^b   Barret, B ^c   Pisso, I ^d   Pomathiod, L ^b  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^b LPCE CNRS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; SIMULATION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 33746932542     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-1599-2006     Document Type: Article

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