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Concentration of carbon monoxide in the upper stratosphere
Author(s) -
Zander R.,
Leclercq H.,
Kaplan L. D.
Publication year - 1981
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/gl008i004p00365
Subject(s) - stratosphere , carbon monoxide , mixing ratio , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , atmosphere (unit) , mixing (physics) , infrared , meteorology , physics , chemistry , astronomy , biochemistry , quantum mechanics , catalysis
The concentration of telluric carbon monoxide has been determined in the upper stratosphere from infrared solar spectra recorded by balloon on October 1978 and September 1979, over Texas, USA. The average mixing ratios were found to be (2.1∓.3)×10 −8 ppv and (3.7∓.4)×10 −8 ppv above the float altitudes of 30.6 and 36.8 km, respectively. The concentration profile deduced from all our measurements indicates that the CO mixing ratio increases in the upper stratosphere, from (1∓.3)×10 −8 ppv at 30.6 km, to about 4×10 −8 ppv above 41 km.