Denitrification and polar stratospheric cloud formation during the Arctic winter 2009/2010

The sedimentation of HNO<sub>3</sub> containing Polar Stratospheric Cloud (PSC) particles leads to a permanent removal of HNO<sub>3</sub> and thus to a denitrification of the stratosphere, an effect which plays an important role in stratosp...

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Main Authors: F. Khosrawi, J. Urban, M. C. Pitts, P. Voelger, P. Achtert, M. Kaphlanov, M. L. Santee, G. L. Manney, D. Murtagh, K.-H. Fricke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-08-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/11/8471/2011/acp-11-8471-2011.pdf