More evidence for very short-lived substance contribution to stratospheric chlorine inferred from HCl balloon-borne in situ measurements in the tropics

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 397-409

  Mebarki Y ^a   Catoire, V ^a   Huret, N ^a   Berthet, G ^a   Robert, C ^a   Poulet, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BALLOON OBSERVATION; CHLORINE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MIXING RATIO; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

BRAZIL; PIAUI; TERESINA;

EID: 84860389218     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-397-2010     Document Type: Article

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