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Balloon‐borne in situ measurements of CLO and ozone: Implications for heterogeneous chemistry and mid‐latitude ozone loss
Author(s) -
Avallone L. M.,
Toohey D. W.,
Brune W. H.,
Salawitch R. J.,
Dessler A. E.,
Anderson J. G.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/93gl01938
Subject(s) - ozone , chlorine , halogen , sulfate , ozone depletion , atmospheric sciences , in situ , atmospheric chemistry , environmental science , meteorology , photochemistry , chemistry , geology , physics , organic chemistry , alkyl
In situ measurements of chlorine oxide (ClO) obtained on 31 March 1991 with a new balloon‐borne instrument are compared to results from a photochemical model which incorporates hydrolysis of N 2 O 5 on sulfate aerosols. With the addition of this process, there is better agreement between calculation and measurement over most of the profile, except below 20 km where observed ClO is greater by as much as a factor of four. In a model which is constrained to reproduce the observed ClO below 20 km, ozone loss by catalytic cycles involving halogen oxides becomes larger than that from NO x , which would dominate under gas‐phase or standard heterogeneous conditions.