MEASUREMENT OF THE STRATOSPHERIC HYDROGEN-PEROXIDE CONCENTRATION PROFILE USING FAR INFRARED THERMAL EMISSION-SPECTROSCOPY

被引:17
作者
CHANCE, KV
JOHNSON, DG
TRAUB, WA
JUCKS, KW
机构
[1] Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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D O I
10.1029/91GL01224
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P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
We have made the first unequivocal measurement of hydrogen peroxide in the stratosphere, a concentration profile obtained from a balloon platform using Fourier transform thermal emission spectroscopy in the far infrared. Measurements were made using the 112 cm-1 R(Q5) branch of the rotational-torsional spectrum, with some confirmation from the 94 cm-1 R(Q4) branch. The atmospheric spectra were obtained from a balloon flight on September 26-27, 1989, launched from Fort Summer, NM. The volume mixing ratio of H2O2 is 1.6 x 10(-10) at 38.4 km, decreasing to 0.6 x 10(-10) at 23.8 km, with uncertainities of about 16% (1-sigma). Our measurements are compared to a recent stratospheric model calculation.
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页码:1003 / 1006
页数:4
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