Diurnal variations of BrONO 2 observed by MIPAS-B at midlatitudes and in the Arctic

The first stratospheric measurements of the diurnal variation in the inorganic bromine (Br y ) reservoir species BrONO 2 around sunrise and sunset are reported. Arctic flights of the balloon-borne Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS-B) were carried out from Kiruna (68° N...

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Published in:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Main Authors: G. Wetzel, H. Oelhaf, M. Höpfner, F. Friedl-Vallon, A. Ebersoldt, T. Gulde, S. Kazarski, O. Kirner, A. Kleinert, G. Maucher, H. Nordmeyer, J. Orphal, R. Ruhnke, B.-M. Sinnhuber
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
Subjects:
Physics
QC1-999
Chemistry
QD1-999
Arctic
Canada
Kiruna
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14631-2017
https://doaj.org/article/af0ba859826148f0a4abe63007ff08ce
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Summary:The first stratospheric measurements of the diurnal variation in the inorganic bromine (Br y ) reservoir species BrONO 2 around sunrise and sunset are reported. Arctic flights of the balloon-borne Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS-B) were carried out from Kiruna (68° N, Sweden) in January 2010 and March 2011 inside the stratospheric polar vortices where diurnal variations of BrONO 2 around sunrise have been observed. High nighttime BrONO 2 volume mixing ratios of up to 21 pptv (parts per trillion by volume) were detected in late winter 2011 in the absence of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs). In contrast, the amount of measured BrONO 2 was significantly lower in January 2010 due to low available NO 2 amounts (for the build-up of BrONO 2 ), the heterogeneous destruction of BrONO 2 on PSC particles, and the gas-phase interaction of BrO (the source to form BrONO 2 ) with ClO. A further balloon flight took place at midlatitudes from Timmins (49° N, Canada) in September 2014. Mean BrONO 2 mixing ratios of 22 pptv were observed after sunset in the altitude region between 21 and 29 km. Measurements are compared and discussed with the results of a multi-year simulation performed with the chemistry climate model ECHAM5/MESSy Atmospheric Chemistry (EMAC). The calculated temporal variation in BrONO 2 largely reproduces the balloon-borne observations. Using the nighttime simulated ratio between BrONO 2 and Br y , the amount of Br y observed by MIPAS-B was estimated to be about 21–25 pptv in the lower stratosphere.

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