Published October 1981 | Version v1
Journal article

Atmospheric trace gas measurements with a new clean air sampling system

  • 1. Environmental Measurements Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy, New York, NY 10014

Description

The development of a new clean air sampling system for the Department of Energy's WB-57F aircraft has allowed the analysis of CCl3F (Fluorocarbon-11), CCl2F2 (Fluorocarbon-12), CHClF2 (Fluorocarbon-22), C2Cl3F3 (Fluorocarbon-113), CH4, CO, CO2, N2O, CH3Cl, CCl4, CH3CCl3, OCS and SF6 in tropospheric and stratospheric samples. Samples collected during the interception of the plume from the eruption of Mount St. Helens indicate that OCS was injected into the stratosphere during the eruption. A large CO2 gradient was found at 19.2 km on this flight

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Journal Title
Geophys. Res. Lett.
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
10
Series
Geophys. Res. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1079-1082
ISSN
0094-8276