Chlorine monoxide radical, ozone, and hydrogen peroxide - Stratospheric measurements by microwave limb sounding
Abstract
Profiles of stratospheric ozone and chlorine monoxide radical (ClO) have been obtained from balloon measurements of atmospheric limb thermal emission at millimeter wavelengths. The ClO measurements, important for assessing the predicted depletion of stratospheric ozone by chlorine from industrial sources, are in close agreement with present theory. The predicted decrease of ClO at sunset was measured. A tentative value for the stratospheric abundance of hydrogen peroxide was also determined.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- October 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.214.4516.61
- Bibcode:
- 1981Sci...214...61W
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Sounding;
- Chlorine Oxides;
- Hydrogen Peroxide;
- Microwave Sensors;
- Ozone;
- Ozone Depletion;
- Stratosphere;
- Abundance;
- Atmospheric Chemistry;
- Balloon Sounding;
- Millimeter Waves;
- Sunset;
- Thermal Emission;
- Geophysics