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Laboratory studies of chemical and photochemical processes relevant to stratospheric ozone. Final report, May 1992-April 1995

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:218171
The purpose of this project is to reduce the uncertainty in several key gas-phase kinetic processes which impact our understanding of stratospheric ozone. The main emphasis of this work is on measuring rate coefficients and product channels for reactions of HOx and NOx species in the temperature range 200 K to 240 K relevant to the lower stratosphere. Other areas of study have included infrared spectroscopic studies of the HO radical, measurements of OH radical reactions with alternative fluorocarbons, and determination of the vapor pressures of nitric acid hydrates under stratospheric conditions. The results of these studies will improve models of stratospheric ozone chemistry and predictions of perturbations due to human influences.
Research Organization:
Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA (United States)
OSTI ID:
218171
Report Number(s):
N--96-21426; NASA-CR--200551; NAS--1.26:200551; ARI-RR--1157; NIPS--96-33398; CNN: NAS5-31847
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English