Additional stratospheric NOx production by relativistic electron precipitation during the 2004 spring NOx descent event

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Clilverd, Mark A ^a   Seppälä, Annika ^e   Rodger, Craig J ^d   Mlynczak, Martin G ^c   Kozyra, Janet U ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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EID: 84880897401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013472     Document Type: Article

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