Variations in the free chlorine content of the stratosphere (1991-1997): Anthropogenic, volcanic, and methane influence

L. Froidevaux; J. W. Waters; W. G. Read; P. S. Connell; D. E. Kinnison; J. M. Russell

doi:10.1029/1999jd901039

Variations in the free chlorine content of the stratosphere (1991-1997): Anthropogenic, volcanic, and methane influence

L. Froidevaux, J. W. Waters, W. G. Read, P. S. Connell, D. E. Kinnison, J. M. Russell

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Remote sensing of chlorine monoxide (ClO) by the Microwave Limb Sounder experiment aboard the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) has provided global measurements of variations in stratospheric free chlorine for 1991-1997. Linear trends were obtained from a multiple regression analysis of this data set at low latitudes and midlatitudes. ClO increases in the upper stratosphere (2 hPa) are significantly larger than expected from trends in chlorine source gases alone. Much of the upper stratospheric ClO variability can be explained by changes in CH₄, as measured by the UARS Halogen Occultation Experiment. Decreasing ClO in the lower stratosphere is consistent with a relaxation from a chemically perturbed state attributed to the 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4471-4481
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume	105
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/1999jd901039
State	Published - 2000

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