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Irion et al. 1996
Irion, F.W., Gunson, M.R., Rinsland, C.P., Yung, Y.L., Abrams, M.C., Chang, A.Y. and Goldman, A. (1996). Heavy ozone enrichments from ATMOS infrared solar spectra. Geophysical Research Letters 23: doi: 10.1029/96GL01695. issn: 0094-8276.

Vertical enrichment profiles of stratospheric 16O16O18O and 16O18O16O (hereafter referred to as 668O3 and 686O3 respectively) have been derived from space-based solar occultation spectra recorded at 0.01 cm-1 resolution by the ATMOS (Atmospheric Trace MOlecule Spectroscopy) Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer. The observations, made during the Spacelab 3 and ATLAS-1, -2, and -3 shuttle missions, cover polar, mid-latitude and tropical regions between 26 to 2.6 mb inclusive (≈25 to 41 km). Average enrichments, weighted by molecular 48O3 density, of (15¿6)% were found for 668O3 and (10¿7)% for 686O3. Defining the mixing ratio of 50O3 as the sum of those for 668O3 and 686O3, an enrichment of (13¿15)% was found for 50O3 (1&sgr; standard deviation). No latitudinal or vertical gradients were found outside this standard deviation. From a series of ground-based measurements by the ATMOS instrument at Table Mountain, California (34.4 ¿N), an average total column 668O3 enrichment of (17¿4)% (1&sgr; standard deviation) was determined, with no significant seasonal variation discernable. Possible biases in the spectral intensities that affect the determination of absolute enrichments are discussed. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1996

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