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Simultaneous measurements of H2O, NO2 and HNO3 in the daytime stratosphere from 15 to 35 km

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USING Fourier transform spectroscopy in the far infrared with a Michelson interferometer, and helium-cooled bolometric detectors, it is possible to study the emission spectrum of the stratosphere at high resolution (0.05 cm−1) in the spectral range 5–45 cm−1 (see refs 1–3).

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HARRIES, J., MOSS, D., SWANN, N. et al. Simultaneous measurements of H2O, NO2 and HNO3 in the daytime stratosphere from 15 to 35 km. Nature 259, 300–302 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259300a0

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