In situ measurements of CLO at mid‐latitudes: Is there an effect from Mt. Pinatubo?
- 19 November 1993
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geophysical Research Letters
- Vol. 20 (22) , 2519-2522
- https://doi.org/10.1029/93gl02418
Abstract
Observations of ClO from 20 to 60°N made before and after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo are compared for changes which may result from increased sulfate aerosol surface area. Using ozone as a vertical coordinate and examining data at similar latitudes and seasons, elevated abundances of ClO are found at low latitudes (20 to 30°N), an effect which decreases with increasing latitude. For the flights compared, there appear to be no differences, within the uncertainty of the measurements, at latitudes poleward of 40°N. These results are consistent with the idea that the hydrolysis of N2O5 on sulfate aerosols becomes saturated at moderate aerosol loadings.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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