A ten-year record of arctic trace gas total column measurements at Eureka, Canada, from 1997 to 2006

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 67-94

  Fast, H ^a   Mittermeier, R L ^a   Makino, Y ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctic; Measurements; Stratospheric; Trace gases

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CHLORINE; DATA SET; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OZONE DEPLETION; STRATOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; EUREKA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 84055176332     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2011.562470     Document Type: Article

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