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Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations in the Atmosphere

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Nitrogen dioxide and its related compounds react strongly with ozone, usually resulting in the destruction of the ozone, and life seems to be delicately adjusted to the radiation shield which the stratospheric ozone provides. We have found that atmospheric NO2 occurs in two layers, described here, which have very different properties.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

    A. W. BREWER & C. T. MCELROY

  2. Atmospheric Environment Service, Downsview, Ontario

    J. B. KERR

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BREWER, A., MCELROY, C. & KERR, J. Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations in the Atmosphere. Nature 246, 129–133 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/246129a0

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