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1717348 
Journal Article 
Is OBrO present in the stratosphere? 
Renard, JB; Pirre, M; Robert, C; Huguenin, D 
1997 
325 
12 
921-924 
WOS:000071745500002 
The analysis of the residue of spectra obtained at night by the AMON instrument during stratospheric flights shows that some absorption features remain in the 430-535 nm range while the ozone, Rayleigh and NO2 contributions disappear where is a good agreement between these structures and those obtained recently by laboratory measurements. By assuming a maximum for the OBrO cross sections similar to the maximum of OClO cross sections, the mixing ratio of OBrO would be around 20 pptv. Thus, OBrO could be the principal bromine species at night in a large part of the stratosphere at mid-latitude. The consequence of this result on the chemistry of bromine species in the stratosphere is discussed. 
stratosphere; balloon; bromine; OBrO