Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Jun 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....9810925a&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. E6, p. 10,925-10,931.
Statistics
Computation
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Absorption Cross Sections, Carbon Dioxide Concentration, Mars Atmosphere, Photodissociation, Reaction Kinetics, Ultraviolet Spectra, Absorption Spectra, Temperature Dependence, Mars, Atmosphere, Photodissociation, Carbon Dioxide, Thermal Effects, Water, Oxygen, Parameters, Model, Temperature, Wavelength, Spectra, Absorption, Calculations, Data, Stability, Altitude
Scientific paper
We have investigated the impact of high resolution, temperature-dependent CO2 cross-section measurements, reported by Lewis and Carver (1983), on calculations of photodissociation rate coefficients in the Martian atmosphere. We find that the adoption of 50 A intervals for the purpose of computational efficiency results in errors in the calculated values for photodissociation of CO2, H2O, and O2 which are generally not above 10 percent, but as large as 20 percent in some instances. These are acceptably small errors, especially considering the uncertainties introduced by the large temperature dependence of the CO2 cross section. The inclusion of temperature-dependent CO2 cross sections is shown to lead to a decrease in the diurnally averaged rate of CO2 photodissociation as large as 33 percent at some altitudes, and increases of as much as 950 percent and 80 percent in the photodissociation rate coefficients of H2O and O2, respectively. The actual magnitude of the changes depends on the assumptions used to model the CO2 absorption spectrum at temperatures lower than the available measurements, and at wavelengths longward of 1970 A.
Allen Marsha M.
Anbar Ariel D.
Nair H. A.
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