First multi-year occultation observations of CO2 in the MLT by ACE satellite: Observations and analysis using the extended CMAM

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1133-1153

  Beagley, S R ^a   Boone, C D ^b   Fomichev, V I ^a   Jin, J J ^a,d   Semeniuk, K ^a   McConnell, J C ^a   Bernath, P F ^b,c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MESOSPHERE; MIXING RATIO; PHOTOLYSIS; THERMOSPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

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EID: 76149145367     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-1133-2010     Document Type: Article

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