Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980georl...7..231b&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 7, Apr. 1980, p. 231-234.
Physics
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Atmospheric Chemistry, Chlorine Oxides, Nitric Oxide, Nocturnal Variations, Solar Eclipses, Stratosphere, Photochemical Reactions
Scientific paper
Measurement of short-lived photochemically-produced species in the stratosphere by solar occultation is difficult because the rapid variation of such species near the terminator introduces ambiguities in interpreting the measured absorption in terms of meaningful atmospheric abundances. These variations produce tangent path concentrations that are asymmetric relative to the tangent point, as opposed to the symmetrical distribution usually assumed in most inversion algorithms. Neglect of this asymmetry may yield an inverted profile that deviates significantly from the true sunset/sunrise profile. In the present paper, the influence of this effect on solar occultation measurements of ClO and NO is examined. The results show that average inhomogeneity factors, which measure the concentration variation along the tangent path and which can be calculated from a photochemical model, can indicate which species require more careful data analysis.
Boughner R.
Larsen Jimmy C.
Natarajan Murali
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