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 Stratospheric Research Program

As part of the the Network for Detection of Stratospheric Change, Stony Brook operates two ground-based millimeter-wave (278 GHz) spectrometers monitoring stratospheric ClO, the compound most directly involved in the depletion of the ozone layer. One instrument is located at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, and the other at Scott Base, New Zealand's main research station in Antarctica.


Comparison of ClO measurements from the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder to ground-based microwave measurements at Scott Base, Antarctica, in spring 2005 [JGR, 112, D24S42, 10.1029/2007JD008792 (2007)] (coming soon)

Observations of chlorine monoxide over Scott Base, Antarctica, during the ozone hole, 1996-2005 [Proceedings of 10th ISAES, 10.3133/of2007-1047.srp077 (2007)] (1.2 MBytes - PDF)

Observations of chlorine monoxide over Scott Base, Antarctica, during the ozone hole, 1996-2006 [Poster version of above presented at 10th ISAES (August, 2007), incorporating 2006 data.] (PowerPoint)

The Rise and Decline of Active Chlorine in the Stratosphere [GRL, 33, L18807, 10.1029/2006GL027029 (2006)] (532 kBytes - Word with embedded figures)

Long-Term Trend of Stratospheric Chlorine Monoxide Over Mauna Kea, Hawaii, 1982-2004 [presented at May 2005 AGU Meeting] (PowerPoint)

Posters from NDSC 2001 Symposium, September 2001 (Big JPEGs)

  • The Trend of ClO in the Middle Stratosphere from 1982 to 2000
  • Stratospheric ClO over Antarctica: I - Measurements during the 1996-2000 Ozone Holes
  • Stratospheric ClO over Antarctica: II - Comparison of Measurements with the SLIMCAT 3-D Model

    • Other publications

  • Seasonal observations of chlorine monoxide in the stratosphere over Antarctica during the 1996-1998 ozone holes and a comparison with the SLIMCAT 3D model [JGR 105, 28979 (2000)] (1.2 MBytes - Gzipped TAR file of PS text and figures)
  • Measurements of stratospheric ClO over Antarctica in 1996-2000 and implications for ClO dimer chemistry [GRL 29(15), 10.1029/2002GL015232 (2002)] (251 KBytes - Gzipped TAR file of PS text and color figures)

    • Personnel

  • Philip Solomon
  • James Barrett
  • Thomas Mooney

    • Collaborators

  • Alan Parrish (Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts)
  • Brian Connor (NIWA, New Zealand)
  • Adrian Lee (Department of Chemisty, National University of Singapore)
  • John Pyle (Centre for Atmospheric Science, Cambridge University, UK)
  • Martyn Chipperfield (Environment Centre, University of Leeds, UK)
  • David E. Siskind (Naval Research Lab)
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    • Last updated - 30 November 2007