O3-N2O correlations from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment: Revisiting a diagnostic of transport and chemistry in the stratosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Hegglin, Michaela I ^a   Shepherd, Theodore G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OZONE LAYER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NITROUS OXIDE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 36849095651     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008281     Document Type: Article

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