The photochemistry of carbon monoxide in the stratosphere and mesosphere evaluated from observations by the Microwave Limb Sounder on the Aura satellite

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Minschwaner, K ^a   Manney, G L ^a,b   Livesey, N J ^b   Pumphrey, H C ^c   Pickett, H M ^b   Froidevaux, L ^b   Lambert, A ^b   Schwartz, M J ^b   Bernath, P F ^d,e   Walker, K A ^d,f   Boone, C D ^d  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; REACTION RATES; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

ACE-FTS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; FUNCTION OF PRESSURE; HIGH LATITUDES; LOSS RATES; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; PRESSURE LEVEL; SUNLIGHT EXPOSURE; TIME-SCALES; TRACE-GASES;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORINE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MESOSPHERE; METHANE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TRACER;

EID: 77956027810     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012654     Document Type: Article

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