Global observations of HNO3 from the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS): First results

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Kinnison, D E ^a   Gille, J ^a,b   Barnett, J ^c   Randall, C ^b   Harvey, V L ^b   Lambert, A ^d   Khosravi, R ^a   Alexander, M J ^e   Bernath, P F ^f,g   Boone, C D ^f   Cavanaugh, C ^a   Coffey, M ^a   Craig, C ^a   Dean, V C ^b   Eden, T ^a   Ellis, D ^b   Fahey, D W ^h   Francis, G ^a   Halvorson, C ^a   Hannigan, J ^a   Hartsough, C ^a   Hepplewhite, C ^c   Krinsky, C ^b   Lee, H ^a   Mankin, B ^a   Marcy, T P ^b,h   Massie, S ^a   Nardi, B ^a   Packman, D ^a   Popp, P J ^b,h   Santee, M L ^d   Yudin, V ^a   Walker, K A ^f,i   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^h EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SPECTROMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EOS; FOURIER TRANSFORM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; NITRIC ACID; NOAA SATELLITE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; AIRCRAFT LANDING SYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; EXPERIMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NASA; SPECTROMETERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACE-FTS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT; CHEMICAL IONIZATION; DATA PRODUCTS; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; EOS-AURA; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; GLOBAL OBSERVATION; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH-RESOLUTION DYNAMICS LIMB SOUNDERS; HIRDLS INSTRUMENT; HOUSTON; IN-SITU DATA; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; PRESSURE RANGES; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE;

SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 56249099414     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008814     Document Type: Article

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