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Chlorine oxide in the stratospheric ozone layer Ground-based detection and measurementStratospheric chlorine oxide, a significant intermediate product in the catalytic destruction of ozone by atomic chlorine, has been detected and measured by a ground-based 204 GHz, millimeter-wave receiver. Data taken at latitude 42 deg N on 17 days between January 10 and February 18, 1980 yield an average chlorine oxide column density of approximately 1.05 x 10 to the 14th/sq cm or approximately 2/3 that of the average of eight in situ balloon flight measurements (excluding the anomalously high data of July 14, 1977) made over the past four years at 32 deg N. Less chlorine oxide below 35 km and a larger vertical gradient than predicted by theoretical models of the stratospheric ozone layer are found.
Document ID
19810040421
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Parrish, A.
(Bell Telephone Labs., Inc. Holmdel, NJ, United States)
De Zafra, R. L.
(Bell Telephone Labs., Inc. Holmdel, NJ, United States)
Solomon, P. M.
(Bell Telephone Labs., Inc. Holmdel, NJ, United States)
Barrett, J. W.
(New York, State University Stony Brook, N.Y., United States)
Carlson, E. R.
(Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. Holmdel, N.J., United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
March 13, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Volume: 211
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
81A24825
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: JPL-954829
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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