Vortexwide denitrification of the Arctic polar stratosphere in winter 1999/2000 determined by remote observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D5, 2002, Pages

  Kleinböhl, Armin ^a   Bremer, Holger ^a   Von König, Miriam ^a   Küllmann, Harry ^a   Künzi, Klaus F ^b   Goede, Albert P H ^b,c   Browell, Edward V ^d   Grant, William B ^d   Toon, Geoffrey C ^e   Blumenstock, Thomas ^f   Galle, Bo ^g   Sinnhuber, Björn Martin ^h   Davies, Stewart ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

airborne submillimeter radiometer; ClNO3; denitrification; diabatic descent; HNO3; N2O

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957891480     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001042     Document Type: Article

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