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Measurement of the stratospheric hydrogen peroxide concentration profile using far infrared thermal emission spectroscopyThe first unequivocal measurement of hydrogen peroxide in the stratosphere have been made, a concentration profile obtained from a balloon platform using Fourier transform thermal emission spectroscopy in the far infrared. Measurements were made using the 112/cm R-Q5 branch of the rotational-torsional spectrum, with some confirmation from the 94/cm R-Q4 branch. The volume mixing ratio of H2O2 is 1.6 x 10 to the -10th at 38.4 km, decreasing to 0.6 x 10 to the -10th at 23.8 km, with uncertainties of about 16 percent. These measurements are compared to a recent stratospheric model calculation.
Document ID
19910055807
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Chance, K. V. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Johnson, D. G. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Traub, W. A. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Jucks, K. W. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 18
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
91A40430
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-5175
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Public
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