SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENT OF CARBONYL SULFIDE (OCS) IN THE STRATOSPHERE

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MANKIN, WG [1 ]
COFFEY, MT [1 ]
GRIFFITH, DWT [1 ]
DRAYSON, SR [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MICHIGAN,DEPT ATMOSPHER & OCEAN SCI,ANN ARBOR,MI 48106
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10.1029/GL006i011p00853
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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A Fourier transform spectrometer aboard an aircraft at 12 km has been used to measure the stratospheric overburden of carbonyl sulfide (OCS). Line parameters derived from laboratory measurements of OCS absorption spectra made with the same instrument were used to interpret the results. Column abundances were determined for winter and summer at latitudes from the equator to 48°N. The mean vertical column abundance above 12 km is 1.9 × 1015 molecules‐cm−2corresponding to an average volume mixing ratio of 4.6 × 10−10. We observe little variation with latitude or season. Copyright 1979 by the American Geophysical Union.
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