Far-infrared measurement of stratospheric carbon monoxide

Autor: Mian M. Abbas, Massimo Carlotti, Bruno Carli, I. G. Nolt, M. J. Glenn, Francesco Mencaraglia
Rok vydání: 1988
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Zdroj: Geophysical Research Letters. 15:140-143
ISSN: 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/gl015i002p00140
Popis: The stratospheric vertical distribution of CO is obtained from balloon-based FIR limb thermal emission spectra by analyzing several limb sequences of the R8 and R1 spectral lines at 34.588 and 49.932/cm, respectively. This constitutes the first determination of the stratospheric CO profile from IR thermal emission spectra. The results, indicating 24.6 + or - 7.6 ppbv at 21 km and 34.4 + or - 10.1 ppbv at 37 km, are compared with the remote-sensing and in situ measurements by other groups and with photochemical-dynamical model calculations.
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