Microphysical modeling of the 1999-2000 Arctic winter: 1. Polar stratospheric clouds, denitrification, and dehydration

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D5, 2002, Pages

  Drdla, K ^a   Schoeberl, M R ^b   Browell, E V ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dehydration; denitrification; ozone loss; Polar stratospheric clouds; trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957877465     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000782     Document Type: Article

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