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Is there any chlorine monoxide in the stratosphere?A ground based search for the 856.50137/cm R(9.5) and for the 859.76765 R(12.5) transitions of stratospheric (Cl-35)O was made in the solar absorption mode using an infrared heterodyne spectrometer. Lines due to stratospheric HNO3 and tropospheric OCS were detected, at about 0.3% absorption levels. The expected lines of ClO in this same region were not detected, even though the optical depth of the ClO lines should be on the order of 0.2% using currently accepted ClO abundances. These infrared measurements suggest that stratospheric ClO is at least a factor of 7 less abundant than is indicated by indirect in situ fluorescence measurements, and the upper limit of 2.4x10 to the 13th power molecules/sq cm to the integrated column density of ClO is a factor of over 4 less than is indicted by microwave measurements. Results imply that the release of fluorocarbon precursors of ClO may be significantly less important for the destruction of stratospheric ozone than was previously thought.
Document ID
19820019018
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Rogers, J. D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Mumma, M. J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kostiuk, T. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Deming, D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Hillman, J. J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Faris, J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Zipoy, D. (Maryland Univ. College Park, United States)
Date Acquired
September 4, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1982
Subject Category
Geophysics
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.15:83939
NASA-TM-83939
Accession Number
82N26894
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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