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Modulations of stratospheric ozone by volcanic eruptions
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Blanchette, Christian McConnell, John C. |
| Copyright Year | 1994 |
| Description | We have used a time series of aerosol surface based on the measurements of Hofmann to investigate the modulation of total column ozone caused by the perturbation to gas phase chemistry by the reaction N2O5(gas) + H2O(aero) yields 2HNO3(gas) on the surface of stratospheric aerosols. We have tested a range of values for its reaction probability, gamma = 0.02, 0.13, and 0.26 which we compared to unperturbed homogeneous chemistry. Our analysis spans a period from Jan. 1974 to Oct. 1994. The results suggest that if lower values of gamma are the norm then we would expect larger ozone losses for highly enhanced aerosol content that for larger values of gamma. The ozone layer is more sensitive to the magnitude of the reaction probability under background conditions than during volcanically active periods. For most conditions, the conversion of NO2 to HNO3 is saturated for reaction probability in the range of laboratory measurements, but is only absolutely saturated following major volcanic eruptions when the heterogeneous loss dominates the losses of N2O5. The ozone loss due to this heterogeneous reaction increases with the increasing chlorine load. Total ozone losses calculated are comparable to ozone losses reported from TOMS and Dobson data. |
| File Size | 334608 |
| Page Count | 4 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19950004637 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3zs7p05k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1994-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Environment Pollution Atmospheric Composition Atmospheric Chemistry Ozone Depletion Chlorine Time Series Analysis Aerosols Nitrogen Oxides Volcanoes Ozonosphere Nitric Acid Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
