Measurement of the photodissociation coefficient of NO2 in the atmosphere: II,stratospheric measurements     

S. Madronich  D. R. Hastie  H. I. Schiff  B. A. Ridley 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》1985,3(2):233-245

The photodissociation coefficient of NO₂, J _{NO 2}, has been measured from a balloon platform in the stratosphere. Results from two balloon flights are reported. High Sun values of J _{NO 2} measured were 10.5±0.3 and 10.3±0.3×10^-3 s^-1 at 24 and 32 km respectively. The decrease in J _{NO 2} at sunset was monitored in both flights. The measurements are found to be in good agreement with calculations of J _{NO 2} using a simplified isotropic multiple scattering computer routine.  相似文献   

Interpretation of Mauna Loa atmospheric transmission relative to aerosols,using photometric precipitable water amouts     

Ellsworth G. Dutton  John J. Deluisi  P. Arne 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》1985,3(1):53-68

Precipitable water measurements made coincident in time and space with direct broadband solar irradiance measurements are used in conjunction with an atmospheric transmission model to derive a parameter whose major dependence is on total aerosol extinction. Irradiance measurements are used to calculate an atmospheric transmission factor (ATF) that is independent of the instrument calibration and the extraterrestrial solar constant. The dependency of the ATF on precipitable water is determined using LOWTRAN5, an atmospheric transmission model with high spectral resolution. Precipitable water measurements are then used to adjust the measured ATF to correspond to an ATF value obtained for a constant precipitable water amount. The remaining variability in the adjusted ATF is due mostly to aerosol extinction. The technique is applied to a 6-year period (1978–1983) for clear-sky mornings at Mauna Loa, Hawaii (MLO). MLO ATF aerosol residuals are compared with independently measured monochromatic aerosol optical depth. Results show that the ATF aerosol residual is nearly equal to the 500 nm aerosol optical depth prior to the eruption of E1 Chichon, at which time a nonlinear time-dependent relationship between the two quantities is evident. ATF aerosol residuals reflect the spectrally integrated aerosol influence on transmission and, therefore, could indicate better than monochromatic optical depth the radiation balance perturbations due to aerosols. The 6-year precipitable water record for MLO, determined from a dual-channel sunphotometer, has a mean value of 0.3 cm. An annual cycle in precipitable water is evident, as is a 4-month 5-standard-deviation drought from December 1982 through March 1983.  相似文献   

Effect of relative humidity on the angular distribution of scattered light intensity for rural and urban aerosols     

R. K. Goel  N. C. Varshneya  T. S. Verma 《Journal of Earth System Science》1984,93(4):363-369

The change in atmospheric relative humidity affects the physical and optical properties of aerosol particles. It would be interesting to study the effect of an increase in relative humidity on the angular scattering of light by aerosols (by incorporating the changes due to it as the complex refractive index and the parameters of the size distribution function). In the present paper we have computed the angular scattering function for rural and urban aerosols, for light of wavelength 0.55 μn. The results obtained for these two models, representative of different environments, are interesting and show some discriminating features.  相似文献   

Aspects of the cycle of inorganic nitrogen compounds in the tropical rain forest of the Ivory Coast     

Jean Servant  Robert Delmas  Jacques Rancher  Marcel Rodriguez 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》1984,1(4):391-401

A partial balance of mineral N is given for the basins of two coastal rivers in a forest zone in the Ivory Coast. The dry and wet depositions on the basin surfaces is given for particulate matter (NO₃ ^–, NH₄ ⁺). The quantity of mineral N washed away in the rivers is evaluated. The losses from leaching of the soils by rainwater are about 0.33 to 1.0% of the atmospheric depositions for NH₄ ⁺–N and 2.2 to 5.8% for NO₃ ^––N. The yearly atmospheric input of N compounds to the ecosystem, about 1.4 g N m^–2 y^–1, is at least 14% of mineral N formed in the soils and is therefore quite significant.  相似文献   

The importance of atmospheric input of terrestrial organic material to deep sea sediments     

Robert B. Gagosian  Edward T. Peltzer 《Organic Geochemistry》1986,10(4-6)

The concentrations of lipids were determined in atmospheric particle, gas and rain samples collected from the tropical North Pacific to assess lipid sources, transport mechanisms and fluxes to the ocean surface. Four lipid compound classes (aliphatic hydrocarbons, fatty alcohols, fatty acid esters, and salts) all unequivocally show a terrestrial vascular plant source. These aerosol lipids originate from wind erosion of Asian and American soils and direct emission from vegetation. The major fluxes result from rain rather than dry deposition. These fluxes are large enough to have a major potential impact on the inventory of terrestrially derived lipid material found in deep-sea sediments. This has been showm for n-alkanes, fatty alcohols, fatty acids, total lipids and for organic carbon. By comparing atmospheric and sediment trap fluxes with sediment accumulation rates, it is suggested that some biogenic terrestrial material is more protected from degradation than marine-derived material.  相似文献   

Emission of aliphatic amines from animal husbandry and their reactions: Potential source of N2O and HCN     

Gunnar W. Schade  Paul J. Crutzen 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》1995,22(3):319-346

We measured the emissions of volatile aliphatic amines and ammonia produced by the manure of beef cattle, dairy cows, swine, laying hens and horses in livestock buildings. The amine emissions consisted almost exclusively of the three methylamines and correlated with those of ammonia. The molar emission ratios of the methylamines to ammonia, and data on NH₃ emissions from animal husbandry in Europe, together with global statistics on domestic animals, were used to estimate the global emissions of amines. Annual global methylamine-N input to the atmosphere from animal husbandry in 1988 was 0.15±0.06 TgN (Tg=10¹² g). Almost 3/4 of these emissions consisted of trimethylamine-N. This represents about half of all methylamine emissions to the atmosphere. Other sources are marine coastal waters and biomass burning.Possible reaction pathways for atmospheric methylamines are shown. Among various speculative but possible products N₂O and HCN are of interest because the emission of methylamines could contribute to the global budgets of these compounds. Maximum atmospheric N₂O production from methylamines are below 0.4 Tg N/year, which is less than 10% of the annual N₂O growth rate. Although we do not expect the methylamine emissions to contribute in a major way to the atmospheric N₂O budget, more studies are needed to establish this conclusion beyond doubt. Similar conclusions hold for HCN.  相似文献   

青藏高原植被下垫面对东亚大气环流影响的数值试验   总被引：22，自引：6，他引：22  

周锁铨  陈万隆 《南京气象学院学报》1995,18(4):536-542

采用Ｊ．Ｗ．Ｄｅａｒｄｏｒｆｆ（１）地表植被参数化方案，利用Ｐ－ａ原始方程５层模式（２），分析了青藏高原有植被和无植被两种不同下垫面情况下的大气响应，结果表明有植被下垫面通过增加向大气输送潜热通量，加强了高原上空的热低压，增强了高原北部的热成风，加强了高原南侧的季风环流，使青藏高原及我国东南地区的降水增多。  相似文献   

Preliminary　inquiry　into　the　causes　of　anomaly　increase　of　air　temperature　by　an　impending　earthquake   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

徐秀登  徐向民  马升灯  骆高远 《地震学报(英文版)》1995,8(1):149-154

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Total ozone response to major geomagnetic storms and changes in meteorological situations     

Pavel Mlch  Jan Laštovička 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》1995,39(2):189-207

Summary The total ozone response to strong major geomagnetic storms (A_p≥60) in winter along the 50° N latitudinal circle is studied. The results add to the recent results of Laštovička et al. (1992) obtained for European middle latitudes (∼50°N) and to the results of Mlch (1994). A significant response of total ozone is only observed in winter under high solar activity/E-phase of QBO conditions (E-max) and seems to be caused by geomagnetic storm-induced changes of atmospheric dynamics. There are two sectors along latitude 50°N, which are sensitive to forcing by geomagnetic storms both in total ozone and the troposphere — north-eastern Atlantic-European and eastern Siberia-Aleutian sectors. The total ozone response under E-max conditions manifests itself mainly as a large decrease in the longitudinal variation of ozone after the storm, which means an increase of ozone in Europe. The observed effects in total ozone consist in redistribution, not production or loss of ozone.  相似文献   

A Seeing Monitor for Solar and Other Extended Object Observations     

Jacques M. Beckers 《Experimental Astronomy》2001,12(1):1-20

In this article I describe a site survey facility, which measures the signals of the solar equivalent of a Differential Image Motion Monitor (S-DIMM) and of a six element linear array of solar scintillometers. Combining the S-DIMM r _o andscintillometer _I observations allows the determination of the fractions of the seeing in the free atmosphere and in the ground/lake layer. From the scintillometer array observations C _n ² (h) is determined for heights corresponding to the first 500 m along the line-of-sight. With minor changes this seeing monitor can also be used for other extended objects like the Moon and planets.  相似文献