Diurnal variations of reactive chlorine and nitrogen oxides observed by MIPAS-B inside the January 2010 Arctic vortex

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 6581-6592

  Wetzel, G ^a   Oelhaf, H ^a   Kirner, O ^a   Friedl Vallon, F ^a   Ruhnke, R ^a   Ebersoldt, A ^a   Kleinert, A ^a   Maucher, G ^a   Nordmeyer, H ^a   Orphal, J ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHLORINE; DIURNAL VARIATION; MIXING RATIO; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; VORTEX;

EID: 84869007940     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-6581-2012     Document Type: Article

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