Global OZone Chemistry and Related trace gas Data records for the Stratosphere (GOZCARDS): Methodology and sample results with a focus on HCl, H2O, and O3

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 10471-10507

  Froidevaux, L ^a   Anderson, J ^b   Wang, H J ^c   Fuller, R A ^a   Schwartz, M J ^a   Santee, M L ^a   Livesey, N J ^a   Pumphrey, H C ^d   Bernath, P F ^e   Russell Iii, J M ^b   McCormick, M P ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHLORINE; DECADAL VARIATION; MESOSPHERE; NITRIC ACID; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84942770973     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-10471-2015     Document Type: Article

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