Photofragmentation two-photon laser-induced fluorescence detection of NO2 and NO: Comparison of measurements with model results based on airborne observations during PEM-Tropics A
J. Bradshaw et al., Photofragmentation two-photon laser-induced fluorescence detection of NO2 and NO: Comparison of measurements with model results based on airborne observations during PEM-Tropics A, GEOPHYS R L, 26(4), 1999, pp. 471-474
Measurements of NO and NO2 are reported using a highly modified photofragme
ntation two-photon laser-induced fluorescence (PF-TP-LIF) instrument. Avail
able evidence suggests that the changes made substantially reduced wall dec
omposition of labile NOy species. In sharp contrast to the results reported
from NASA's 1991 PEM-West A program where the median value for the ratio (
NO2)(meas)/(NO2)(calc) was 3.36, the PEM-Tropics A observations produced a
value for this ratio of 0.93. This represents the first time that remote up
per tropospheric NO-NO2 data have shown a high degree of correspondence wit
h current photochemical mechanisms.