Trace gas measurements during aircraft flights in the tropopause region over Europe and North Africa |
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| Authors: | M Schmidt R Borchers P Fabian G Flentje W A Matthews A Szabo S Lal |
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| Institution: | (1) Max-Planck Institut für Aeronomie, D-3411 Katlenburg, Lindau, F.R. Germany;(2) Present address: Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India |
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| Abstract: | During aircraft flights in May 1981 from Munich (40°N) to north of the Spitsbergen Islands (82°N) and to Monrovia, Liberia (6°N), air samples were obtained in the altitude range of 8 to 11 km and during the ascents and descents near the airports. These samples have been analyzed for the trace gas mixing ratios of CH4, CO and N2O. The results of these analyses are presented and discussed.The results provide new evidence of tropospheric-stratospheric exchange events in the vicinity of the subpolar and subtropical tropopause foldings and possibly show a case of transport of CO-enriched air in the upper troposphere above the North Atlantic Ocean. |
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| Keywords: | Trace gases methane carbon monoxide nitrous oxide distribution tropospheric-stratospheric exchange |
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