The neutral composition of the stratosphere and mesosphere

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Atmospheric Composition, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Aerosols, Air Pollution, Hydrogen, Neutral Particles, Ozone, Trace Elements

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The present understanding of the factors that control the distribution of minor species in the mesosphere and stratosphere is discussed. Attention is devoted to the odd hydrogen, odd oxygen, odd nitrogen, sulfate and aerosol systems. The results of recent measurements and a comparison with model calculations are presented. Emphasis is on the portion of the atmosphere in which the distribution appears to be controlled by chemistry and vertical eddy transport. It is shown that reasonably good agreement between observation and theory now exists in the region above 50 km for odd hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen systems, but that serious shortcomings exist in our empirical knowledge of minor species and of the coupling between dynamics and chemistry in the stratosphere.

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