Anomalously high levels of NOx in the polar upper stratosphere during April, 2004: Photochemical consistency of HALOE observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Natarajan, Murali ^a   Remsberg, Ellis E ^a   Deaver, Lance E ^a   Russell III, James M ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; OZONE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

HALOGEN OCCULTATION EXPERIMENT (HALOE); NITROGEN MIXING; SOLAR FLARES; THERMOSPHERE;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLAR REGION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 7044230000     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020566     Document Type: Article

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