NOx during background and ozone depletion periods at Alert: Fluxes above the snow surface

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2002, Pages

  Beine, Harald J ^a,b,f   Honrath, Richard E ^a   Dominé, Florent ^c   Simpson, William R ^d   Fuentes, Jose D ^e  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b Istituto Sull'inquinamento Atmosferico Rome   (Italy)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arctic; Background atmosphere; NO; Snow surfaces; Surface fluxes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MIXING; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOLYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION;

DIURNAL VARIATION; GAS FLOW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE DEPLETION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER;

ALERT; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 33751263951     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JD002082     Document Type: Article

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