Stratospheric minor constituent distributions from far-infrared thermal emission spectra

Journal Article · Fri Nov 20 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Journal of Geophysical Research; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/92JD02083· OSTI ID:6848294

Abbas, M M ^[1]; Traub, W A ^[2]

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1. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL (United States)
2. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (United States)

We retrieve mixing ratio profiles of O[sub 3], H[sub 2][sup 16], H[sub 2][sup 17]O,H[sub 2][sup 18]O, HF, and HCl from far-infrared thermal emission observations of the limb in the 80-220 cm[sup [minus]1] spectral region. The observations were made with a balloon-borne Fourier transform spectrometer as a part of the 1983 Balloon Intercomparison Campaign (BIC-2). A subset of the data was analyzed previously using the method in the work of Throb et at [1982, 1991]; in the present paper we use an alternative method of calibration and analysis, given by Abbes et al. [1985]. The retrieved constituent profiles are compared with the measurements made with other instruments on the BIC-2 flights. The results for the concentrations of H[sup 2][sup 17]O and H[sub 2][sup 18]O obtained in this study indicate no isotopic enhancement or depletion with a standard deviation of about 20%. 34 refs., 15 figs., 1 tab.

• OSTI ID: 6848294
• Journal Information: Journal of Geophysical Research; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research; (United States) Vol. 97:D16; ISSN JGREA2; ISSN 0148-0227
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
CALIBRATION
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELEMENTS
EMISSION SPECTRA
EVALUATION
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
HYDROFLUORIC ACID
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MIXING RATIO
NONMETALS
OZONE
SPECTRA
SPECTROMETERS
STRATOSPHERE