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For several years NO2 and OClO, two species important to understanding ozone destruction in the Antarctic stratosphere, have been measured at Arrival Heights, Antarctica by two groups: New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and the NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. Using data independently collected by these two groups during the Austral spring of 1996, it is shown that the two data sets are in extremely close agreement. Besides offering validation of the instrumentation and analysis techniques of both groups, this result provides confidence in the more complete history of these species gained by combining the two data sets.
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Sanders, R.W., Solomon, S., Kreher, K. et al. An Intercomparison of NO2 and OClO Measurements at Arrival Heights, Antarctica during Austral Spring 1996. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry 33, 283–298 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006185027584
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