Measurements of trace gases in the tropical tropopause layer

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 34, 2007, Pages 7253-7261

  Marcy, T P ^a,b   Popp, P J ^a,b   Gao, R S ^a   Fahey, D W ^a,b   Ray, E A ^a,b   Richard, E C ^b   Thompson, T L ^a   Atlas, E L ^c   Loewenstein, M ^d   Wofsy, S C ^e   Park, S ^e   Weinstock, E M ^f   Swartz, W H ^g   Mahoney, M J ^h  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrochloric acid; Ozone; Stratosphere; Tropical; Tropopause

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; OZONE; TRACE ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

TRACE GASES; TROPOPAUSE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

HALOCARBON; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DATA SET; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TROPOPAUSE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; GAS ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 34748926347     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.05.032     Document Type: Article

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