Measurements of the partitioning of hydrogen peroxide in a stratiform cloud*

Kevin J. Noone; John A. Ogren; K. Birgitta Noone; Anneli Hallberg; Sandro Fuzzi; John A. Lind

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v43i3.15275

Measurements of the partitioning of hydrogen peroxide in a stratiform cloud*

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 43 (1991): Issue 3

By: Kevin J. Noone, John A. Ogren, K. Birgitta Noone, Anneli Hallberg, Sandro Fuzzi and John A. Lind

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|Jan 1991

Abstract

Simultaneous measurements of hydrogen peroxide in cloud droplets and in the air in which the droplets were suspended are presented. In addition, a description of the new technique used to make the measurements is also presented. The ratio of the measured cloudwater concentration to the equilibrium cloudwater concentration predicted using Henry’s law and the measured gas-phase hydrogen peroxide was 0.64 (S.D = 0.32, n= 74). Analysis of both random and potential systematic errors indicate that while this ratio was statistically different from unity, the difference was not considered to be substantial. Henry’s law appeared to have been valid for hydrogen peroxide in the ambient cloud we studied.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v43i3.15275 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Page range: 280 - 290

Submitted on: May 14, 1990

Accepted on: Oct 5, 1990

Published on: Jan 1, 1991

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© 1991 Kevin J. Noone, John A. Ogren, K. Birgitta Noone, Anneli Hallberg, Sandro Fuzzi, John A. Lind, published by Stockholm University Press
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