Laboratory evaluation of the effect of nitric acid uptake on frost point hygrometer performance

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-296

  Thornberry, T ^a,b   Gierczak, T ^a,b,d   Gao, R S ^a   Vomel H ^c   Watts, L A ^a,b   Burkholder, J B ^a   Fahey, D W ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FROST; HYDROMETRY; LABORATORY METHOD; MIXING RATIO; NITRIC ACID; REFLECTIVITY; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 79960550966     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-289-2011     Document Type: Article

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