Infrared spectra of nitric acid trihydrate (β-NAT): A comparison of available optical constants and implication for the detection of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Ortega, I K ^a,b   Mate B ^a   Moreno, M A ^a   Herrero, V J ^a   Escribano, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

GLOBAL FIT; NITRIC ACID TRIHYDRATE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS (PSC); VAPOUR DEPOSITED FILMS;

NITRIC ACID;

CLOUD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFRARED RADIATION; NITRIC ACID; OZONE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 34047232669     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026988     Document Type: Article

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