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Results from ground based observations of stratospheric nitrogen dioxide from two Southern Hemisphere sites are compared. The measurement method used is long path absorption spectroscopy of scattered sunlight in the wavelength range 435–450nm. At a midlatitude site in New Zealand (45°S) column amounts of NO2 are dominated by photochemistry whereas in a high latitude site in Antarctica (78°S) transport effects are more important. Aspects of the simultaneous measurement of ozone from the same data set and the interpretation of any correlations are discussed.
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McKenzie, R.L., Johnston, P.V. (1985). Southern Hemisphere Nitrogen Dioxide. In: Zerefos, C.S., Ghazi, A. (eds) Atmospheric Ozone. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5313-0_33
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