Iodine oxide in the marine boundary layer
Abstract
A striking example of the influence of halogen chemistry on tropospheric ozone levels is the episodic destruction of boundary-layer ozone during the Arctic sunrise by reactive halogen species, . We detected iodine oxide in the boundary layer at Mace Head, Ireland (53°20' N, 9°54' W) during May 1997, which indicates that iodine chemistry is occurring in the troposphere.
- Publication:
-
Nature
- Pub Date:
- February 1999
- DOI:
- 10.1038/17508
- Bibcode:
- 1999Natur.397..572A