DOAS-observation of halogen radical-catalysed arctic boundary layer ozone destruction during the ARCTOC campaigns 1995 and 1996 in Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen

M. Tuckermann; R. Ackermann; C. Gölz; H. Lorenzen-Schmidt; T. Senne; J. Stutz; B. Trost; W. Unold; U. Platt

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v49i5.16005

DOAS-observation of halogen radical-catalysed arctic boundary layer ozone destruction during the ARCTOC campaigns 1995 and 1996 in Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 49 (1997): Issue 5

By: M. Tuckermann, R. Ackermann, C. Gölz, H. Lorenzen-Schmidt, T. Senne, J. Stutz, B. Trost, W. Unold and U. Platt

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