Effects of atmospheric transport on column abundances of nitrogen and chlorine compounds in the arctic stratosphere

In the absence of heterogeneous processes, distributions of NO(y), HNO3, Cl(x) and HCl in the polar winter stratosphere should be determined by transport. A model simulating distributions of these species in the arctic for January and February 1989 is developed using observed fields of potential vor...

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Main Authors: Yatteau, John H., Schoeberl, Mark R., Lait, Leslie R., Newman, Paul A., Torres, Arnold, Toon, Geoffrey C., Loewenstein, Max, Podolske, James R., Strahan, Susan E., Chan, K. Roland
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Published: 1990
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Arctic
Online Access:http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19900041464
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Summary:In the absence of heterogeneous processes, distributions of NO(y), HNO3, Cl(x) and HCl in the polar winter stratosphere should be determined by transport. A model simulating distributions of these species in the arctic for January and February 1989 is developed using observed fields of potential vorticity and potential temperature. Comparison of model results with column measurements from the DC-8 indicates conversion of NO(x) to HNO3, condensation of HNO3, conversion of HCl to CINO3, and conversion of HCl plus CINO3 to an unmeasured species. Heterogeneous processes strongly affect abundances of NO(y) and Cl(x) species in the winter arctic stratosphere.

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