Atmospheric OH production - The O/1D/ + H2O reaction rate

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Mar 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979georl...6..165l&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 6, Mar. 1979, p. 165, 166.

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Atmospheric Chemistry, Hydroxyl Radicals, Reaction Kinetics, Stratosphere, Troposphere, Atmospheric Moisture, Decay Rates, Photochemical Reactions

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Successful modeling of the chemistry of the troposphere and stratosphere requires accurate knowledge of the production rate of the OH molecule, since it occupies a central position in a number of chemical cycles. The reaction between O(1D) and H2O is believed to be the principal primary OH source, and an evaluation of the literature shows a discrepancy of about a factor of two between two of the most recent rate coefficients for this reaction. We have generated O(1D) from pulsed 1600 A photolysis of O2, and observed the 6300 A O(1D yields 3P) transition. The rate coefficient for H2O quenching of O(1D) has been directly determined, and found to be in good agreement with the measurements of Streit, Howard, Schmeltekopf, Davidson, and Schiff.

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