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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-15245-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-15245-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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22 Dec 2017
Research article |
| 22 Dec 2017
| 22 Dec 2017
BrO and inferred Bry profiles over the western Pacific: relevance of inorganic bromine sources and a Bry minimum in the aged tropical tropopause layer
Theodore K. Koenig
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, CO, USA
Rainer Volkamer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, CO, USA
Sunil Baidar
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, CO, USA
now at: Chemical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, CO, USA
Barbara Dix
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Siyuan Wang
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, CO, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
now at: National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Daniel C. Anderson
Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
now at: Department of Chemistry, University of Drexel, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ross J. Salawitch
Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Pamela A. Wales
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Carlos A. Cuevas
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate, Institute of Physical Chemistry Rocasolano, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Rafael P. Fernandez
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate, Institute of Physical Chemistry Rocasolano, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Argentine National Research Council (CONICET), FCEN-UNCuyo, UNT-FRM, Mendoza, Argentina
Alfonso Saiz-Lopez
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate, Institute of Physical Chemistry Rocasolano, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Mathew J. Evans
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories (WACL), Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK
Tomás Sherwen
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories (WACL), Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK
Daniel J. Jacob
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Johan Schmidt
Department of Chemistry, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
Douglas Kinnison
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Jean-François Lamarque
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Eric C. Apel
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
James C. Bresch
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Teresa Campos
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Frank M. Flocke
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Samuel R. Hall
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Shawn B. Honomichl
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Rebecca Hornbrook
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Jørgen B. Jensen
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Richard Lueb
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Denise D. Montzka
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Laura L. Pan
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
J. Michael Reeves
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Sue M. Schauffler
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Kirk Ullmann
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Andrew J. Weinheimer
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Elliot L. Atlas
Department of Atmospheric Science, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS), University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Valeria Donets
Department of Atmospheric Science, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS), University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Maria A. Navarro
Department of Atmospheric Science, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS), University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Daniel Riemer
Department of Atmospheric Science, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS), University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Nicola J. Blake
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
Dexian Chen
School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
now at: Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, PA, USA
L. Gregory Huey
School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
David J. Tanner
School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Thomas F. Hanisco
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Glenn M. Wolfe
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Short summary
Tropospheric inorganic bromine (BrO and Bry) shows a C-shaped profile over the tropical western Pacific Ocean, and supports previous speculation that marine convection is a source for inorganic bromine from sea salt to the upper troposphere. The Bry profile in the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) is complex, suggesting that the total Bry budget in the TTL is not closed without considering aerosol bromide. The implications for atmospheric composition and bromine sources are discussed.
Tropospheric inorganic bromine (BrO and Bry) shows a C-shaped profile over the tropical western...
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