The purpose of the Nimbus 7 LIMS experiment was to sound the composition and structure of the upper atmosphere and provide data for study of photochemistry, radiation, and dynamics processes. Vertical profiles were measured of temperature and ozone (O3) over the 10-km to 65-km range and water vapor, nitrogen dioxide, and nitric acid over the 10-km to 50-km range. Latitude coverage extended from 64 deg S to 84 deg N. Several general features of the atmosphere have emerged from data analyzes thus far. Nitrogen dioxide exhibits rapid latitudinal variations in winter and shows hemispheric asymmetry with generally higher vertical column amount in the summer hemisphere. HNO3 data show that this gas is highly variable with altitude, latitude, and season. Smallest mixing ratios occur in the tropics, and the largest values occur in the high latitude winter hemisphere. The results show that O3, NO2, and HNO3 are strongly affected during a stratospheric warming.


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    Titel :

    The global distribution and variability of stratospheric constituents measured by LIMS


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.1984



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    Sonstige


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    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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