Evidence for metastable ozone in the upper atmosphere?
- 20 December 1986
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
- Vol. 91 (D13), 14533-14537
- https://doi.org/10.1029/jd091id13p14533
Abstract
Simultaneous measurements of atomic O, O2, N2, and O3 in the region 90–110 km obtained from a rocket‐borne mass spectrometer during the Aladdin 74 program indicate an ozone concentration as much as a factor of 50 times larger than predicted from the simple Chapman model. A possible explanation for the discrepancy is the formation of significant amounts of metastable ozone in this region of the atmosphere. The evidence for and the implications of such a metastable state of ozone are discussed.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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