Response of tropical stratospheric O3, NO2 and NO3 to the equatorial Quasi-Biennial Oscillation and to temperature as seen from GOMOS/ENVISAT

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 8873-8879

  Hauchecorne, A ^a   Bertaux, J L ^a   Dalaudier, F ^a   Keckhut, P ^a   Lemennais, P ^a   Bekki, S ^a   Marchand, M ^a   Lebrun, J C ^a   Kyrola E ^b   Tamminen, J ^b   Sofieva, V ^b   Fussen, D ^c   Vanhellemont, F ^c   Fanton DAndon, O ^d   Barrot, G ^d   Blanot, L ^d   Fehr, T ^e   Saavedra De Miguel, L ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^d ACRI ST   (France)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^f SERCO ASSURANCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC PROCESS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVISAT-1; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; OZONE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 77956893146     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-8873-2010     Document Type: Article

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