Nitric acid in the stratosphere based on Odin observations from 2001 to 2009 - Part 1: A global climatology

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 7031-7044

  Urban, J ^a,b,c,d   Pommier, M ^a,b,c,d   Murtagh, D P ^a,b,c,d   Santee, M L ^a,b,c,d   Orsolini, Y J ^a,b,c,d  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NITRIC ACID; POLAR VORTEX; RADIOMETER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 75449096198     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-7031-2009     Document Type: Article

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