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The MIPAS HOCl climatology

Clarmann, T. von; Funke, B.; Glatthor, N.; Kellmann, S.; Kiefer, M.; Kirner, O. ORCID iD icon; Sinnhuber, B. M.; Stiller, G. P. ORCID iD icon

Abstract:

Monthly zonal mean HOCl measurements by the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) are presented for the period from June 2002 to March 2004. Highest molar mixing ratios are found at pressure levels between 6 and 2 hPa, whereby largest mixing ratios occasionally exceed 200 ppt. The mixing ratio maximum is generally higher at lower altitudes in the summer hemisphere than in the winter hemisphere except for chlorine activation conditions in polar vortices, where enhanced HOCl abundances are also found in the lower stratosphere below about 10 hPa. During nighttime the maximum is found at higher altitudes than during daytime. Particularly low values (below 80 ppt) during daytime are found in subpolar regions in the winter hemisphere where HOCl photolysis is still strong but where HOCl precursors are less abundant than at other latitudes. The Antarctic polar winter HOCl distribution in 2002, the year of the split of the southern polar vortex, resembles northern polar winters rather than other southern polar winters. Increased HOCl amounts in response to the so-called Halloween solar proton event in autumn 2003 affect the representativeness of data recorded during this particular episode. ... mehr


Verlagsausgabe §
DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000038938
Veröffentlicht am 23.04.2018
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.5194/acpd-11-20793-2011
Cover der Publikation
Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Spurenstoffe und Fernerkundung (IMK-ASF)
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK)
KIT-Zentrum Klima und Umwelt (ZKU)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2011
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1680-7367, 1680-7375
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-389387
KITopen-ID: 1000038938
HGF-Programm 12.04.03 (POF II, LK 01) Chem.Budgets u.Chemie-Klima-Wechselw.
Erschienen in Atmospheric chemistry and physics / Discussions
Verlag European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Band 11
Heft 7
Seiten 20793-20822
Nachgewiesen in Dimensions
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