Nitric acid measurements at Eureka obtained in winter 2001-2002 using solar and lunar Fourier transform infrared absorption spectroscopy: Comparisons with observations at Thule and Kiruna and with results from three-dimensional models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Farahani, Elham ^a   Fast, H ^b   Mittermeier, R L ^b   Makino, Y ^c   Strong, K ^a   McLandress, C ^a   Shepherd, T G ^a   Chipperfield, M P ^d   Hannigan, J W ^e   Coffey, M T ^e   Mikuteit, S ^f   Hase, F ^f   Blumenstock, T ^f   Raffalski, U ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; NITRIC ACID; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; NITRIC ACID; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; KIRUNA; NORRBOTTEN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; THULE;

EID: 34547876093     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007096     Document Type: Article

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