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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-1465-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-1465-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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26 Feb 2026
Research article |
| 26 Feb 2026
| 26 Feb 2026
Balloon-borne stratospheric vertical profiling of carbonyl sulfide and evaluation of ozone scrubbing materials
Alessandro Zanchetta
Center for Isotope Research (CIO), Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen (ESRIG), University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
Steven van Heuven
Center for Isotope Research (CIO), Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen (ESRIG), University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
Joram Hooghiem
Center for Isotope Research (CIO), Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen (ESRIG), University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
Meteorology and Air Quality, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Rigel Kivi
Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Sodankylä, Finland
Thomas Laemmel
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement (LSCE), CEA – CNRS – UVSQ – University Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France
Michel Ramonet
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement (LSCE), CEA – CNRS – UVSQ – University Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France
Markus Leuenberger
Climate and environmental Physics, Physics Institute and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Peter Nyfeler
Climate and environmental Physics, Physics Institute and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Sophie L. Baartman
Meteorology and Air Quality, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Maarten Krol
Meteorology and Air Quality, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Huilin Chen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Center for Isotope Research (CIO), Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen (ESRIG), University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Data sets
COS profiles and LISA samples - Balloon-borne Stratospheric Vertical Profiling of Carbonyl Sulfide and Evaluation of Ozone Scrubbers Alessandro Zanchetta et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15749915
Short summary
Continuous vertical profiles and discrete stratospheric samples of carbonyl sulfide (COS) were collected deploying the balloon-borne AirCore, LIghtweight Stratospheric Air (LISA) and BigLISA samplers and measured on a Quantum Cascade Laser Spectrometer (QCLS). Our measurements show good accordance with previous COS observations. Moreover, laboratory tests of ozone (O3) scrubbers proved squalene to remove O3 very efficiently without biasing the measurements of other trace gases.
Continuous vertical profiles and discrete stratospheric samples of carbonyl sulfide (COS) were...
