Stimpfle, R. M. and Wennberg, P. O. and Lapson, L. B. and Anderson, J. G. (1990) Simultaneous, in situ measurements of OH and HO_2 in the stratosphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 17 (11). pp. 1905-1908. ISSN 0094-8276. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140701-100608349
|
PDF
- Published Version
See Usage Policy. 423Kb |
Use this Persistent URL to link to this item: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140701-100608349
Abstract
Stratospheric OH and HO_2 radical densities have been measured between 36 and 23 km using a balloon-borne, in situ instrument launched from Palestine, TX on August 25, 1989. OH is detected using the laser-induced fluorescence technique (LIF) employing a Cu-vapor-laser pumped dye laser coupled with an enclosed-flow detection chamber. HO_2 is detected nearly simultaneously by adding No to the sample flow to convert ambient HO_2 to OH. Observed OH and HO_2 densities ranged from 8.0 ± 2.8 × 10^6 and 1.4 ± 0.5 × 10^7 molec cm^(−3), respectively, at 36 km, to 1.4± 0.5 × 10^6 and 3.0± 1.0 × 10^6 at 23 km, where the uncertainty is ±1σ. The HO_2 density exhibits a maximum in the 34–30 km of 1.7±0.6 × 10^7. The data were obtained over a solar zenith angle variation of 51° at 36 km to 61° at 23 km. O_3 and H_2O densities also were measured simultaneously with separate instruments.
| Item Type: | Article | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Related URLs: |
| |||||||||
| ORCID: |
| |||||||||
| Additional Information: | © 1990 American Geophysical Union. Received July 12, 1990; accepted August 6, 1990. This flight could not have been carried out without the special assistance on short notice of a large number of individuals : At NASA headquarters, Bob Watson; at NSBF, Danny Ball and the support staff, which provided excellent assistance; and at Harvard, E. Weinstock, J. Demusz, N. Hazen, B. Heroux, T. Schiller, D. Spillane and E. Thompson. Funds provided by NASA contract NASW 3960. | |||||||||
| Funders: |
| |||||||||
| Issue or Number: | 11 | |||||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20140701-100608349 | |||||||||
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140701-100608349 | |||||||||
| Usage Policy: | No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided. | |||||||||
| ID Code: | 46593 | |||||||||
| Collection: | CaltechAUTHORS | |||||||||
| Deposited By: | Ruth Sustaita | |||||||||
| Deposited On: | 01 Jul 2014 17:57 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Oct 2019 06:45 |
Repository Staff Only: item control page
