| Technical note: A stratospheric climatology for O3, H2O, CH4, NOx, HCl and HF derived from HALOE measurements (2005) | |||||||||||||
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| Atmos Chem Phys www atmos chem phys org acp SRef acp European Geosciences Union Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Technical note stratospheric climatology for CH NOx HCl and derived from HALOE measurements Groo and James Russell III Institut Center Chemie und Dynamik der Geosph Stratosph ICG Forschungszentrum lich lich Germany u for Atmospheric Sciences Hampton University Hampton USA Received April Published Atmos Chem Phys Discuss May Revised October Accepted October Published October Abstract The Halogen Occultation Experiment HALOE board the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite UARS has observed mixing ratios important trace species the stratosphere for more than decade since Here present climatology for the stratosphere compiled from HALOE NOx HCl and data for the period from In this approach the data are averaged over equivalent latitude instead latitude order correctly reproduce the gradients the transport barriers like the polar vortex edge The climatology compiled for degree equivalent latitude bins Seasonal dependence taken into account choosing intervals one month The climatology available electronic supplement Introduction Global atmospheric models such Global Circulation Models GCMs and Chemistry Transport Models CTMs need information about the spatial distribution the chemical composition for some key tracer species ozone water vapor order achieve realistic results especially for the simulation radiation Both the calculation photodissociation rates chemical specie | |||||||||||||
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