Abstract
Investigation of chemical and physical processes driving the composition of the polar stratosphere and being responsible for the formation of the ozone hole over the Antarctic continent each spring is a major topic of stratospheric research. In particular in the Arctic region knowledge of the distribution of primary reservoir and reactive species is rather poor. While several publications appeared on column amount measurements from ground and from aircrafts, no vertical distributions have been reported till now on some key reservoir molecules like ClONO2, HCl and N2O5. Imbedded in the European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment (EASOE) the balloon-borne version of MIPAS (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding) had two flights near the northern polar circle in January and March 1992. This report gives an overview on the large amount of information recorded and focusses on the analysis of vertical profiles of ClONO2 and HNO3.
© 1993 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
T.v. Clarmann, A. Linden, G. Wetzel, and H. Oelhaf
ThB4 Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere (ORS) 1995
T. v. Clarmann, H. Oelhaf, and H. Fischer
OMB1 Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere (ORS) 1991
W.F.J. Evans
WD9 Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere (ORS) 1990