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Measured and modeled HOCl profiles in the mid-latitude stratosphere : implication for ozone lossThe HOCl catalytic cycle is an efficient ozone loss mechanism in the lower mid-latitude stratosphere. We use a diurnal steady-state photochemical model to calculate profiles of HOCl for conditions encountered by a number of high-altitude balloon flights. To assess how well this model represents ozone loss by the HOCl cycle, we compare our calculations of HOCl and its precursors Cl0 and HO2 with measurements obtained by an FTIR solar absorption spectrometer (MkIV), a far-infrared emission spectrometer (FIRS-2), and a submillimetenvave limb sounder (SLS). We then evaluate these comparisons in light of a number of recent laboratory studies of the main formation mechanism of HOCl, the reaction of Cl0 + HO2. Those studies measured both the reaction rate constant and the quantum yield for a second product pathway, formation of HCl.
Document ID
20060043786
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Kovalenko, L. J.
Salawitch, R. J.
Blavier, J. -F.
Sen, B.
Toon, G. C.
Jucks, K. W.
Johnson, D. G.
Stachnik, R. A.
Margitan, J. J.
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 2004
Meeting Information
Meeting: Quadrennial Ozone Symposium QOS
Location: Kos
Country: Greece
Start Date: June 1, 2004
End Date: June 8, 2004
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
stratosphere
HOCl
ozone

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