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As part of the Polar Sunrise Experiment (PSE) 1997, concentrations of halogen species thought to be involved in ground level Arctic ozone depletion were made at Alert, NWT, Canada (82.5°N, 62.3°W) during the months of March and April, 1997. Measurements were made of photolyzable chlorine (Cl2 and HOCl) and bromine (Br2 and HOBr) using the Photoactive Halogen Detector (PHD), and bromine radicals (BrOx) using a modified radical amplifier. During the sampling period between Julian Day 86 (March 27) and Day 102 (April 12), two ozone depletion episodes occurred, the most notable being on days 96-99, when ozone levels were below detectable limits (≈1 ppbv). Concentrations of BrOx above the 4 pptv detection limit were found for a significant part of the study, both during and outside of depletion events. The highest BrOx concentrations were observed at the end of the depletion event, when the concentration reached 15 pptv. We found substantial amounts of Br2 in the absence of O3, indicating that O3 is not a necessary requirement for production of Br2. There is also Br2 present when winds are from the south, implying local scale (e.g. from the snowpack) production. During the principal O3 depletion event, the HOBr concentration rose to ≈260 pptv, coincident with the BrOx maximum. This implies a steady state HO2 concentration of 6 pptv. During a partial O3 depletion event, we estimate that the flux of Br2 from the surface is about 10 times greater than that for Cl2.
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Impey, G., Mihele, C., Anlauf, K. et al. Measurements of Photolyzable Halogen Compounds and Bromine Radicals During the Polar Sunrise Experiment 1997. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry 34, 21–37 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006264912394
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