Denitrification in the Arctic winter 2004/2005: Observations from ACE-FTS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Jin, J J ^a   Semeniuk, K ^a   Manney, G L ^b,c   Jonsson, A I ^a   Beagley, S R ^a   McConnell, J C ^a   Rinsland, C P ^d   Boone, C D ^e   Walker, K A ^e   Bernath, P F ^e  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; DENITRIFICATION; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SATELLITES; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

POLAR VORTEX; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; VORTEX BREAKUP;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

DENITRIFICATION; METHANE; NITROGEN; SATELLITE DATA; TRACER;

EID: 34047210918     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027687     Document Type: Article

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