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Upper limit for stratospheric CLONO 2 from balloon‐borne infrared measurements
Author(s) -
Murcray D. G.,
Goldman A.,
Williams W. J.,
Murcray F. H.,
Bonomo F. S.,
Bradford C. M.,
Cook G. R.,
Hanst P. L.,
Molina M. J.
Publication year - 1977
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/gl004i006p00227
Subject(s) - stratosphere , infrared , mixing ratio , sunset , atmospheric sciences , physics , balloon , environmental science , limit (mathematics) , astrophysics , geology , meteorology , astronomy , mathematics , medicine , mathematical analysis , cardiology
Balloon‐borne infrared sunset solar spectra in the 780 cm −1 region have been used to derive upper limits for the amount of ClONO 2 in the stratosphere. These upper limits for the volume mixing ratio are 4 × 10 −11 to 2 × 100 −9 between 15 and 30 km with an error factor of 2. These values only show that the postulate that ClONO 2 is a temporary reservoir for ClO and NO 2 cannot be ruled out.