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Vertical profiles of acetylene in the troposphere and stratosphere

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Stratospheric measurements of acetylene up to altitudes of 30 km are presented. The air samples were collected during three different balloon flights, two of them at 44°N, one at 32°N using balloon borne, liquid neon-cooled, cryosamplers. Their acetylene concentration was measured in the laboratory by flame ionisation gaschromatography. The different profiles at 32°N and 44°N are discussed with respect to possible vertical exchange processes and compared with published model calculations.

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Rudolph, J., Ehhalt, D.H. & Khedim, A. Vertical profiles of acetylene in the troposphere and stratosphere. J Atmos Chem 2, 117–124 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00114125

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