Model studies on the sensitivity of upper tropospheric chemistry to heterogeneous uptake of HNO3 on cirrus ice particles

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D23, 2002, Pages

  Meier, Andreas ^a   Hendricks, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cirrus clouds; Denitrification; Heterogeneous chemistry; Ozone; Upper troposphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849212498     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000735     Document Type: Article

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