Mesospheric N2O enhancements as observed by MIPAS on Envisat during the polar winters in 2002-2004

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 5787-5800

  Funke, B ^a   Lopez Puertas M ^a   Garcia Comas, M ^a   Stiller, G P ^b   Von Clarmann, T ^b   Glatthor, N ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CORRELATION; ENVISAT-1; MESOSPHERE; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN OXIDES; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 53849125056     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-5787-2008     Document Type: Article

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