Column amounts of trace gases derived from ground-based measurements with MIPAS during CHEOPS III

Journal Article · Mon Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/91GL00551· OSTI ID:5642790

Adrian, G P; Blumenstock, T; Fischer, H; Gerhardt, L; Gulde, T; Oelhaf, H; Thomas, P; Trieschmann, O ^[1]

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1. Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH (West Germany) Univ. Karlsruhe (West Germany)

Infrared solar absorption spectra of the atmosphere were taken during the CHEOPS III campaign in Esrange, Sweden in January and February 1990. The MIPAS (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding) instrument used has an unapodized spectral resolution of 0.015 cm{sup {minus}1}. Spectra were analyzed by means of the SCAIS (Simulation Code for Atmospheric Infrared Spectra) level-by-level and line-by-line algorithm for radiative transfer through the atmosphere. The time series of the retrieved zenith column amounts of O{sub 3}, H{sub 2}O, CH{sub 4}, N{sub 2}O, HNO{sub 3}, NO{sub 2}, HCl, and HF are presented. The stratospheric HCl/HF ratio of 1.3 at the beginning of February, 1990 points towards the conversion of a considerable potion of gaseous HCl to other chemical or physical forms in the stratosphere in this period. A significant change in the HCl column amount between February 4, 1990 and February 8, 1990 was found; this can be correlated with a stratospheric warming between these two dates. From January 27, 1990 to February 11, 1990 the derived upper limits of NO{sub 2} abundances were low ({le} 1.2 {times} 10{sup 15} molecules/cm{sup 2}), whereas the column amounts of HNO{sub 3} were very high with 2.9 {times} 10{sup 16} molecules/cm{sup 2}.

• OSTI ID: 5642790
• Journal Information: Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union); (United States), Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union); (United States) Vol. 18:4; ISSN 0094-8276; ISSN GPRLA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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