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The influence of nitrogen oxides on the atmospheric ozone content
Author(s) -
Crutzen P. J.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49709640815
Subject(s) - ozone , stratosphere , nitric acid , ozone layer , atmospheric sciences , nitrogen oxides , nitrogen , photodissociation , environmental chemistry , bates , chemistry , environmental science , photochemistry , meteorology , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , waste management , engineering , aerospace engineering
The probable importance of NO and NO 2 in controlling the ozone concentrations and production rates in the stratosphere is pointed out. Observations on and determinations of nitric acid concentrations in the stratosphere by Murcray, Kyle, Murcray and Williams (1968) and Rhine, Tubbs and Dudley Williams (1969) support the high NO and NO 2 concentrations indicated by Bates and Hays (1967). Some processes which may lead to production of nitric acid are discussed. The importance of O ( 1 S), possibly produced in the ozone photolysis below 2340 Å, on the ozone photochemistry is mentioned.