Nitric acid measurements at Eureka obtained in winter 2001-2002 using solar and lunar Fourier transform infrared absorption spectroscopy: Comparisons with observations at Thule and Kiruna and with results from three-dimensional models

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Other Authors: Farahani, Elham (author), Fast, H. (author), Mittermeier, R. (author), Makino, Y. (author), Strong, K. (author), McLandress, C. (author), Shepherd, T. (author), Chipperfield, M. (author), Hannigan, James (author), Coffey, Michael (author), Mikuteit, S. (author), Hase, F. (author), Blumenstock, T. (author), Raffalski, U. (author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2007
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Eureka; Greenland; Kiruna; polar night; Thule
• Online Access: http://nldr.library.ucar.edu/repository/collections/OSGC-000-000-003-931; https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JD007096

For the first time, vertical column measurements of nitric acid (HNO₂) above Eureka (80.1°N, 86.4°W), Canada, have been made during polar night using lunar spectra recorded with a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer, from October 2001 to March 2002. This site is part of the primary Arctic...