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Concentrations of carbonyl sulfide and hydrogen cyanide in the free upper troposphere and lower stratosphere deduced from ATMOS/Spacelab 3 infrared solar occultation spectraThis paper presents the results on the volume mixing ratio profiles of carbonyl sulfide and hydrogen cyanide, deduced from the spectroscopic analysis of IR solar absorption spectra obtained in the occultation mode with the Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS) instrument during its mission aboard Spacelab 3. A comparison of the ATMOS measurements for both northern and southern latitudes with previous field investigations at low midlatitudes shows a relatively good agreement. Southern Hemisphere volume mixing ratio profiles for both molecules were obtained for the first time, as were the profiles for the Northern Hemisphere covering the upper troposphere and the lower stratosphere simultaneously.
Document ID
19880040052
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Zander, R.
(Liege, Universite de l'Etat, Cointe-Ougree, Belgium)
Rinsland, C. P.
(Liege Univ. Cointe-Ougree, Belgium)
Russell, J. M., III
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Farmer, C. B.
(Liege Univ. Cointe-Ougree, Belgium)
Norton, R. H.
(California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
February 20, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 93
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Accession Number
88A27279
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS1-17279
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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