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Nighttime reactive nitrogen measurements from stratospheric infrared thermal emission observationsIR thermal emission spectra of the earth's atmosphere in the 700-2000/cm region were obtained with a cryogenically cooled high-resolution interferometer spectrometer on a balloon flight from Palestine, Texas, on September 15-16, 1986. The observations exhibit spectral features of a number of stratospheric constituents, including important species of the reactive nitrogen family. An analysis of the observed data for simultaneously measured vertical distributions of O3, H2O, N2O, NO2, N2O5, HNO3, and ClONO2 is presented. These measurements permit the first direct determination of the nighttime total reactive nitrogen concentrations, and the partitioning of the important elements of the NO(x) family. Comparisons of the total reactive nitrogen budget are made with the measurements by the ATMOS experiment and with the predictions of one-dimensional and two-dimensional photochemical models.
Document ID
19910060914
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Abbas, Mian M.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Kunde, Virgil G.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Brasunas, J. C.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Herman, J. R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Massie, Steven T.
(NCAR Boulder, CO, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
June 20, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 96
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
91A45537
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASA ORDER S-10782-C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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