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Science 2 April 1976:
Vol. 192. no. 4234, pp. 49 - 51
DOI: 10.1126/science.192.4234.49
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Solar Absorption in a Stratosphere Perturbed by NOx Injection

FREDERICK M. LUTHER 1

1 Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California, Livermore 94550

The changes in the solar absorption by nitrogen dioxide and ozone induced by the injection of NOx (oxides of nitrogen) in the stratosphere are complementary, even though the nitrogen dioxide absorption is only a small fraction of the ozone absorption for an unperturbed stratosphere. The factors causing this effect are described, and an analysis is made of the perturbed solar radiation budget.

Submitted on September 30, 1975
Revised on December 15, 1975


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