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Ozone budgets from the Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus experimentMeasurements from the Dynamics and Chemistry of marine Stratocumulus experiment have been used to study components of the regional ozone budget. The surface destruction rate is determined by eddy correlation of ozone and vertical velocity measured by a low-flying aircraft. Significant variability is found in the measured surface resistance; it is partially correlated with friction velocity but appears to have other controlling influences as well. The mean resistance is 4190 s/m which is higher (slower destruction) than most previous estimates for seawater. Flux and mean measurements throughout the marine boundary layer are used to estimate the net rate of in situ photochemical production/destruction of ozone. Averaged over the flights, ozone concentration is found to be near steady state, and a net of photochemical destruction of 0.02-0.07 ng/cu m per sec is diagnosed. This is an important confirmation of photochemical model results for the remote marine boundary layer. Ozone vertical distributions above the boundary layer show a strongly layered structure with very sharp gradients. These distributions are possibly related to the stratospheric ozone source.
Document ID
19890061406
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Kawa, S. R.
(Colorado State University Fort Collins, United States)
Pearson, R., Jr.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
July 20, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 94
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
89A48777
Distribution Limits
Public
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