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Huebert & Lazrus 1978
Huebert, B.J. and Lazrus, A.L. (1978). Global tropospheric measurements of nitric acid vapor and particulate nitrate. Geophysical Research Letters 5: doi: 10.1029/GL005i007p00577. issn: 0094-8276.

Measurements of HNO3 vapor and particulate NO-3 were made over continental and marine areas, at altitudes from .2 to 7 km, as a part of Project Gametag. HNO3 vapor was found to be as common over marine areas, far from anthropogenic sources of NOx, as over remote continental regions, ranging from <.02 to .3 ppbv. Urban influenced continental values ranged from .3 .86 ppbv. Comparable HNO3 was found both above and within the boundary layer, in contrast to theoretical predictions of a negative HNO3 gradient with altitude. In many regions of the troposphere there was more HNO3 vapor than particulate NO-3, although the reverse is true in the marine boundary layer, where it appears that heterogeneous chemistry converts HNO3 and Cl- to HCl and particulate NO-3. This rather limited data set suggests HNO3 lifetime on the order of a few days.

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