ATMOS/ATLAS‐3 measurements of stratospheric chlorine and reactive nitrogen partitioning inside and outside the November 1994 Antarctic Vortex
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- 15 August 1996
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geophysical Research Letters
- Vol. 23 (17) , 2365-2368
- https://doi.org/10.1029/96gl01474
Abstract
Partitioning between HCl and ClONO2 and among the main components of the reactive nitrogen family (NO, NO2, HNO3, ClONO2, N2O5, and HO2NO2) has been studied inside and outside the Antarctic stratospheric vortex based on ATMOS profiles measured at sunrise during the 3–12 November 1994 ATLAS‐3 Shuttle mission. Elevated mixing ratios of HCl in the lower stratosphere with a peak of ∼2.9 ppbv (10−9 parts per volume) were measured inside the vortex near 500 K potential temperature (∼19 km). Maximum ClONO2 mixing ratios of ∼1.2, ∼1.4, and ∼0.9 ppbv near 700 K (∼25 km) were measured inside, at the edge, and outside the vortex, respectively. Model calculations reproduce the higher levels of HCl and NOx (NO + NO2) inside the lower stratospheric vortex both driven by photochemical processes initiated by low 03. The high HCl at low O3 results from chemical production of HCl via the reaction of enhanced Cl with CH4, Limited production of ClONO2, and the descent of inorganic chlorine from higher altitudes.Keywords
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