An uncertainty budget for ground-based Fourier transform infrared column measurements of HCl, HF, N2O, and HNO3 deduced from results of side-by-side instrument intercomparisons

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 8867-8873

  Paton Walsh, C ^a   Bell, W ^a   Gardiner, T ^a   Swann, N ^a   Woods, P ^a   Notholt, J ^b   Schutt H ^b   Galle, B ^c   Arlander, W ^c   Mellqvist, J ^c  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Inst Vatten och Luftvardsforskning   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM; FTIR; HYDROGEN CHLORIDE; NITRIC ACID; NITROUS OXIDE; STRATOSPHERE;

NORWAY, HARESTUA; SVALBARD, SPITSBERGEN, NY ALESUND;

EID: 5244262193     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd00133     Document Type: Article

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