Ground-based stratospheric O3 and HNO3 measurements at Thule, Greenland: An intercomparison with Aura MLS observations

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2441-2453

  Fiorucci, I ^a   Muscari, G ^a   Froidevaux, L ^b   Santee, M L ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALTITUDE; DATA SET; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; NITRIC ACID; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; THULE;

EID: 84884657276     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-2441-2013     Document Type: Article

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