Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975georl...2..333s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 2, Aug. 1975, p. 333-336. Research supported by the University of Michigan
Physics
Atmospheric Chemistry, Gas Composition, Troposphere, Vertical Distribution, Atmospheric Moisture, Gas Spectroscopy, Hydrogen Chlorides, Nitric Acid, Solubility, Water Vapor
Scientific paper
The thermodynamic properties of several water-soluble gases are reviewed to determine the likely effect of the atmospheric water cycle on their vertical profiles. It is found that gaseous HCl, HNO3, and HBr are sufficiently soluble in water to suggest that their vertical profiles in the troposphere have a similar shape to that of water vapor. It is predicted that HCl, HNO3, and HBr exhibit a steep negative gradient with altitude roughly equal to the altitude gradient of water vapor. Therefore, ground-based sources of inorganic chlorine, odd nitrogen, and inorganic bromine compounds are not likely to affect the stratosphere directly in the mean. Calculations also show that while SO2 and NH3 are significantly affected by the atmospheric water cycle, their abundances may not decrease with altitude as rapidly as does that of water vapor.
Chameides W. L.
Cicerone Ralph J.
Stedman Donald H.
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