Publication Date:
2011-08-18
Description:
The distribution of heavy ozone (molecular mass 50) has been measured for the first time in the stratosphere with a mass spectrometer system. During a balloon descent after midnight on September 4, 1980, a pronounced enhancement of heavy ozone was found. The maximum in the isotopic ratio, (O-18)(O-16)2/(O-16)3, occurred at 32 km where the enhancement of heavy ozone was over 40%. The ratio decreased toward higher and lower altitudes, and reached the standard value below 24 km. These measurements confirm an earlier prediction that there exists a preferred production mechanism for heavy ozone in the stratosphere.
Keywords:
GEOPHYSICS
Type:
Geophysical Research Letters; 8; Aug. 198
Format:
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