A quantitative analysis of stratospheric HCl, HNO3, and O 3 in the tropopause region near the subtropical jet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3315-3321

  Jurkat, T ^a   Voigt, C ^a,b   Kaufmann, S ^a,b   Zahn, A ^c   Sprenger, M ^d   Hoor, P ^b   Bozem, H ^b   Muller S ^b   Dornbrack A ^a   Schlager, H ^a   Bonisch H ^e   Engel, A ^e  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

HALO; HCl; mixing; subtropical jet; tropopause; UTLS

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; CLOUDS; MIXING; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HALO; HCL; SUBTROPICAL JET; TROPOPAUSE; UTLS;

NITRIC ACID;

HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IONIZATION; MIXING; NITRATE; OZONE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE;

AFRICA;

EID: 84901919280     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL059159     Document Type: Article

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