Vertical profiles of volcanic aerosol and polar stratospheric clouds above Kiruna, Sweden: Winters 1993 and 1995

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-23

  Desiller, Terry ^a   Oltmans, Samuel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decay of Pinatubo aerosol; Polar stratospheric clouds; Stratospheric aerosol; Water vapor profiles

Indexed keywords

NITRIC ACID;

AEROSOL; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; VOLCANIC AEROSOL;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; PARTICLE SIZE; STRATOSPHERE; SWEDEN;

KIRUNA; SWEDEN;

EID: 7344243175     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006023729315     Document Type: Conference Paper

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