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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4507-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4507-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
29 Jul 2024
Research article |
| 29 Jul 2024
| 29 Jul 2024
A novel, balloon-borne UV–Vis spectrometer for direct sun measurements of stratospheric bromine
Karolin Voss
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Philip Holzbeck
Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
now at: Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Klaus Pfeilsticker
Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Ralph Kleinschek
Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Gerald Wetzel
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Blanca Fuentes Andrade
Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
now at: Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Michael Höpfner
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Jörn Ungermann
Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Forschungszentrum Jülich (FzJ), Jülich, Germany
Björn-Martin Sinnhuber
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
André Butz
Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Heidelberg Center for the Environment, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Data sets
balloon-borne solar occultation DOAS instrument: balloon-borne experiments, atmospheric compounds measurements Karolin Voss https://doi.org/10.25326/XYCR-8C53
Short summary
A novel balloon-borne instrument for direct sun and solar occultation measurements of several UV–Vis absorbing gases (e.g. O3, NO2, BrO, IO, and HONO) is described. Its major design features and performance during two stratospheric deployments are discussed. From the measured overhead BrO concentration and a suitable photochemical correction, total stratospheric bromine is inferred to (17.5 ± 2.2) ppt in air masses which entered the stratosphere around early 2017 ± 1 year.
A novel balloon-borne instrument for direct sun and solar occultation measurements of several...
