Effects of solution mass transport on the ECC ozonesonde background current

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Electrochemical Cells, Mass Transfer, Ozonometry, Sondes, Correction, Electric Current, Pressure Dependence

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Measurement of the mass transport rate constant for the electrochemical concentration cell in an ozonesonde as a function of the pressure is reported. The investigation was performed to accurately model the residual current present in the ECC cell in the absence of ozone. The convective mass transport for two sondes were determined while maintaining a sufficiently negative cathodic potential to eliminate electron transfer at the cathode surface. A sonde was placed in a bell jar and subjected to varying pressure levels. When the background current was kept below 0.1 microamp and pressure was from 100-1000 mb, the necessary correction term for the pressure was independent of pressure. However, below 100 mb, a logarithmic decrease in the background current with pressure is expected. Present practices, involving a sensitivity to oxygen, are calculated to result in overestimation of the total ozone between 1000-10 mb by 0.0096 atm-cm with a background current of 0.1 microamp at 1000 mb.

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