Abstract
The high-resolution ClO absorption signature in the region of 308.1 nm has a very low absorption fraction, of the order of 6 × 10−5, and linewidths comparable with those of the solar background spectrum. Because of the need for reliable absorption measurements of the abundance of this species, which is important in ozone photochemistry, a Fourier-analysis-based technique for the deconvolution of atmospheric solar absorption spectra in this region has been developed. The technique utilizes the regularity of the ClO spectrum and results in a significant reduction in the minimum signal-to-noise required for the retrieval of ClO abundances from absorption spectra.
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