Nitric acid trihydrate nucleation and denitrification in the Arctic stratosphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1055-1073

  Grooss J U ^a   Engel, I ^a,b   Borrmann, S ^c,d   Frey, W ^d,l   Gunther G ^a   Hoyle, C R ^b,e   Kivi, R ^f   Luo, B P ^b   Molleker, S ^c   Peter, T ^b   Pitts, M C ^g   Schlager, H ^h   Stiller, G ⁱ   Vomel H ^j   Walker, K A ^k   Muller R ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

ⁱ KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^j DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIPSO; DENITRIFICATION; LIDAR; NITRIC ACID; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; STRATOSPHERE;

ARCTIC;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 84893417276     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-1055-2014     Document Type: Article

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