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Atmospheric Sulfur Cycle Effects of Carbonyl Sulfide (OCS)Carbonyl Sulfide(OCS) is considered to be one of the major sources of sulfur appearing in the stratosphere due to its relative inertness, about I to 10 yearsl. However, the roles of OCS as well as other reduced sulfur compounds such as carbon disulfide (CS2), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), and dimethyl disulfide(CH3)2S2, are not completely understood in the atmosphenc sulfur cycle. Consequently vely little information is available about the effect of sulfur compounds in the stratosphere. The ability of OCS to penetrate into the stratosphere makes it an excellent tracer for study of the role of the sulfi r cycle in stratospheric chemistry. Previously techniques such as gas chromatography and whole air sampling have been used to measure OCS analytically. Each technique had its drawbacks however, with both being quite slow, and whole air sampling being somewhat unreliable. With molecular spectroscopy, however, it has been found in recent years that the tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer (TDL) provides a very rapid and accurate method of measuring OCS and other trace gases
Document ID
19970010180
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
McBee, Joshua
(Washington Univ. Bellingham, WA United States)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1996
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Accession Number
97N15397
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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