On the vertical distribution of sulphur compounds in the lower troposphere

G. Varhelyi

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v30i6.10399

On the vertical distribution of sulphur compounds in the lower troposphere

Tellus

Volume 30 (1978): Issue 6

By: G. Varhelyi

Open Access

|Jan 1978

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to discuss the results of aircraft measurements of atmospheric sulphur dioxide made over Hungary and to compare the sulphur dioxide profile with the vertical distribution of sulphate particles based on earlier sulphate measurements over Hungary. It is shown that atmospheric SO₂ concentration decreases more rapidly with height than sulphate concentration. Finally, some data on the vertical as well as the horizontal change of the atmospheric SO^2-₄/SO₂ ratio as a function of the distance from anthropogenic sources are presented.

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