Comparison of measurements and model calculations of stratospheric bromine monoxide

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 19, 2002, Pages

  Sinnhuber, B M ^a,c   Arlander, D W ^b   Bovensmann, H ^c   Burrows, J P ^c   Chipperfield, M P ^a   Enell, C F ^d   Friess U ^e   Hendrick, F ^f   Johnston, P V ^g   Jones, R L ^h   Kreher, K ^g   Mohamed Tahrin, N ^h   Muller R ^c   Pfeilsticker, K ^e   Platt, U ^e   Pommereau, J P ⁱ   Pundt, I ^e,i   Richter, A ^c   South, A M ^h   Tomkvist K K ^b   Van Roozendael, M ^f   Wagner, T ^f   Wittrock, F ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

0340 Atmospheric composition and structure: Middle atmosphere composition and chemistry; 0394 Atmospheric composition and structure: Instruments and techniques

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BROMINE COMPOUND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STRATOSPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPORT PROCESS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33751260907     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000940     Document Type: Article

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