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Photochemical Distribution of Venusian Sulphur and Halogen Species AND Why Vulcanism cannot be the source for Venusian SO 2 above 80km C. D. Parkinson A.Brecht, S. W. Bougher, F. Mills, M. Allen, X. Zhang and Y. L. Yung DPS 2010 (Poster 10.4)
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Temperature, H 2 SO 4, and Eddy Mixing Profiles
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Eddy Mixing Sensitivity Study Case Profiles
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Std Reference & higher H 2 SO 4 SVP Computations
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Important reaction pathways related to SO, SO 2, SO 3 and H 2 SO 4
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Parameter space for possible solutions Blue shaded area shows parameter space where model predicts SO 2 mixing ratios between 0.01 and 1 ppm at 100 km Golden line = max values of SO 2 (67 ppb) from microwave measurements of Sandor et al (2010)
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Model C Atmosphere: SO x and O x Mixing Ratio
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Model C Atmosphere: Halogens Mixing Ratio
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Eddy Mixing Sensitivity Study: SO x
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Eddy Mixing Sensitivity Study: Halogens
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Dayside/Nightside Temperature Sensitivity Study: SO x
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Dayside/Nightside Temperature Sensitivity Study: Halogens
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SO 2 Boundary Condition Sensitivity Study: SO x No change in SO 2 above 80 km due to pulse in lower atmosphere Vulcanism not the source of SO 2 above this point
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SO 2 Boundary Condition Sensitivity Study: Halogens
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Conclusions SO 2, SO, and halogen species are most sensitive to change in eddy mixing. Least amount of change to SO x and ClO x from temperature changes. Effects on sulphur compounds seems more evident/pronounced for lower boundary value changes in SO 2 mixing ratio below ~80 km, and little effect above ~80 km vulcanism not the source!!! Effects on ClO x compounds seems more evident/pronounced for lower boundary value changes in SO 2 mixing ratio at the below ~90 km, and little effect above ~90 km, with no change in HCl profile.
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Preliminary modeling suggests lower HCl abundances result in greater abundances of SO 2, SO, and SO 3 generally lower O 2 abundances, and greater ClO abundances. We will use some of this 1-D chemistry and resulting tracer species profiles in the Venus Thermospheric General Circulation Model (VTGCM) (Bougher et al, 1997) for further comparison to VEx datasets.
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Std Reference Atmosphere: SO x and O x Number Density
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Std Reference Atmosphere: Halogens Number Density
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