Articles | Volume 14, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-9555-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-9555-2014
Research article
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16 Sep 2014
Research article |  | 16 Sep 2014

Constraining the N2O5 UV absorption cross section from spectroscopic trace gas measurements in the tropical mid-stratosphere

L. Kritten, A. Butz, M. P. Chipperfield, M. Dorf, S. Dhomse, R. Hossaini, H. Oelhaf, C. Prados-Roman, G. Wetzel, and K. Pfeilsticker

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