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Title: Spectroscopic measurement of bromine oxide and ozone in the high Arctic during Polar Sunrise Experiment 1992

Journal Article · · Journal of Geophysical Research
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/94JD01314· OSTI ID:114753
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  1. Universitaet Heidelberg (Germany)

The authors report the measurement of BrO radical densities and ozone in the Arctic troposphere by means of differential optical absorption using very long paths. They observed levels of BrO which varied from below the detection limit to 17 ppt. Such concentrations alone cannot account for the catalytic destruction of ozone observed during periods of episodic ozone variation. The authors offer a model which involves BrO catalyzed reactions, advection, and atmospheric mixing which they argue could account for the observed ozone depletions.

OSTI ID:
114753
Journal Information:
Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 99, Issue D12; Other Information: PBD: 20 Dec 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English