Wet chemical surface ozone measurements during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-I/3 (PS01) in 1982/83

On the outward journey, European air masses, loaded by photochemically produced ozone, may have partly influenced the measurements in clean air. As simultaneously measured low concentrations of Krypton-85 (which only has anthropogenic sources) show, the high ozone mixing ratios at 0-5°N cannot be ex...

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Main Author: Winkler, Peter
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2022
Subjects:
ANT-I/3
Comment
CT
DATE/TIME
Electrochemical concentration cell (ECC) (Atmannspacher 1971)
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
Ozone
Polarstern
PS01
PS01/3-track
Underway cruise track measurements
Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung
Berichte zur Polarforschung
Polar Research
Polarforschung
Reports on Polar and Marine Research
Reports on polar research
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.944269
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.944269
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Summary:On the outward journey, European air masses, loaded by photochemically produced ozone, may have partly influenced the measurements in clean air. As simultaneously measured low concentrations of Krypton-85 (which only has anthropogenic sources) show, the high ozone mixing ratios at 0-5°N cannot be explained by photochemical formation, but must be of natural origin. On the return journey, the ITCZ was at 6°S and was weak. This explains the very low ozone values of only 4 ppb at times, caused by the photolysis of ozone. The ozone device was housed in the crow's nest, to avoid ship-polluted interference. At later cruises, the instrument was placed near the weather station, because the maintenance in the crow’s nest was impractical and the new air intake at the uppermost railing turned out to be suitable as well. As a precaution, the air pump was changed nine times during the trip. At the end of the last section, the pump wobbled a little, resulting in a five percent loss of production, which could be corrected

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