Global distributions of nitric acid from IASI/MetOP measurements

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 7949-7962

  Wespes, C ^a,f   Hurtmans, D ^a   Clerbaux, C ^a,b   Santee, M L ^c   Martin, R V ^d,e   Coheur, P F ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^f Postdoctoral Researcher and Research Associate   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; INTERFEROMETRY; MIXING RATIO; NITRIC ACID; OZONE; POLAR VORTEX; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 71149107086     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-7949-2009     Document Type: Article

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