Total reactive nitrogen (NO(y)), nitrous oxide (NO2), methane (CH4), and ozone (03) were measured on board a balloon launched from Aire sur l'Adour (44 deg N, 0 deg W), France on October 12, 1994. Generally, NO(y) was highly anti-correlated with N2O and CH4 at altitudes between 15 and 32 km. The linear NO(y) - N2O and NO(y) - CH4 relationships obtained by the present observations are very similar to those obtained on board ER-2 and DC-8 aircraft previously at altitude below 20 km in the northern hemisphere. They also agree well with the data obtained by the Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS) instrument at 41 deg N in November 1994. Slight departures from linear correlations occurred around 29 km, where N2O and CH4 mixing ratios were larger than typical midlatitude values, suggesting horizontal transport of tropical airmasses to northern midlatitudes in a confined altitude region.


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    Title :

    NO(y) Correlation with N2O and CH4 in the Midlatitude Stratosphere


    Contributors:
    Kondo, Y. (author) / Schmidt, U. (author) / Sugita, T. (author) / Engel, A. (author) / Koike, M. (author) / Aimedieu, P. (author) / Gunson, M. R. (author) / Rodriguez, J. (author)

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    Publication date :

    1996-08-15



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

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    Language :

    English






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