CLAES observations of CLONO[sub 2] and HNO[sub 3] in the Antarctic stratosphere, between June 15 and September 17, 1992

Journal Article · Fri Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/93GL01448· OSTI ID:5899387

Roche, A E; Kumer, J B; Mergenthaler, J L ^[1]

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1. Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory, CA (United States)

This paper reports on observations made by the Cryogenic Array Etalon Spectrometer (CLAES) on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) during the southern winter in 1992, of ClONO[sub 2] and HNO[sub 3] concentrations in the stratosphere. These chemicals are thought to be major players in the chemical processes involved in ozone depletion during the Antarctic spring. The measurements are made from infrared emissions observations in earthlimbs, and inverted to extract density distributions.

• OSTI ID: 5899387
• Journal Information: Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union); (United States), Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union); (United States) Vol. 20:12; ISSN GPRLAJ; ISSN 0094-8276
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
CHLORINE NITRATES
CLOUDS
CRYOSPHERE
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
NITRATES
NITRIC ACID
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
POLAR REGIONS
STRATOSPHERE