Nitrous oxide in the atmosphere: First measurements of a lower thermospheric source

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2866-2872

  Sheese, Patrick E ^a   Walker, Kaley A ^a,b   Boone, Chris D ^b   Bernath, Peter F ^c   Funke, Bernd ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

ACE FTS; atmospheric N2O production; lower thermosphere; nitrous oxide; NOx descent

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GREENHOUSE GASES; IONOSPHERE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ACE-FTS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; LOW-ENERGY PARTICLES; LOWER THERMOSPHERE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES; POLAR UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MIXING RATIO; NITROUS OXIDE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEASONALITY; STRATOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84981266952     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL067353     Document Type: Article

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