Denitrification inside the stratospheric vortex in the winter of 1999-2000 by sedimentation of large nitric acid trihydrate particles

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 16, 2002, Pages AAC-11-1-AAC-11-15

  Flentje, Harald ^a   Dörnbrack, Andreas ^a   Fix, Andreas ^a   Meister, Alexander ^a   Schmid, Heidi ^a   Füglistaler, Stefan ^b   Luo, Beiping ^b   Peter, Thomas ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Airborne lidar; Denitrification; Nitric acid trihydrate; Polar stratospheric clouds

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; DENITRIFICATION; FLUXES; OPTICAL RADAR; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; LIDAR; MIXING RATIO; NITRIC ACID; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD;

EID: 4444324799     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001015     Document Type: Article

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