AASE-2 observations of trace carbon species distributions in the mid to upper troposphere

Details AASE-2 observations of trace carbon species distributions in the mid to upper troposphere AASE-2 observations of trace carbon species distributions in the mid to upper troposphere

Nov 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993georl..20.2539a&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 20, no. 22, p. 2539-2542

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Atmospheric Composition, Carbon Compounds, Trace Elements, Troposphere, Abundance, Airborne Equipment, Greenhouse Effect, Latitude, Mixing Ratios

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We report tropospheric (altitudes greater than 5 km) observations of CO2, CO, CH4, and light hydrocarbons (C2-C4) over the latitude range from 90 deg N to 23 deg S recorded onboard the NASA DC-8 aircraft during the winter 1992 Second Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition (AASE-2). Mixing ratios for these species exhibited significant north-south gradients with maximum values in subpolar and arctic regions and minima over the southern tropics. At latitudes greater than 40 deg N, the mixing ratios of most species increased significantly over the course of the 3-month measurement period. Also at high northern latitudes, the variations of all relatively long-lived reactive carbon species were linearly correlated with fluctuations of CO2 with CO, CH4, C2H6, C2H2, C3H8, and n-C4H10 exhibiting average enhancement ratios in terms of ppbv(X)/ppmb(CO2) of 13.8, 8.4, 0.21, 0.075, 0.085, and 0.037, respectively.

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