Longpath DOAS observations of surface BrO at Summit, Greenland

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 9899-9910

  Stutz, J ^a   Thomas, J L ^a   Hurlock, S C ^a   Schneider, M ^a   Von Glasow, R ^b   Piot, M ^c   Gorham, K ^d   Burkhart, J F ^e   Ziemba, L ^f,g   Dibb, J E ^f   Lefer, B L ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c EnBW Trading   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; BROMINE COMPOUND; DIURNAL VARIATION; HALOGEN; MIXING RATIO; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; SUMMIT;

EID: 80053237820     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-9899-2011     Document Type: Article

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