Table 1 from Boering et al., Geophys. Res. Lett, 2004: NASA ER-2 Measurements

Flight

Date

Altitude

(km)a

Latitudeb

Potential

Temp (K)

N2O

(ppb)c

d17OCO2

d18OCO2

D17OCO2

970426

19.1

72.2

502

154

25.13

41.52

3.71

 

19.2

75.6

503

187

23.70

40.27

2.92

 

19.2

79.0

506

249

22.28

40.15

1.56

 

19.2

82.5

505

205

22.93

39.78

2.40

 

19.2

86.1

502

128

24.31

39.14

4.11

 

19.1

88.7

501

97

26.19

40.76

5.16

 

15.6

89.0

421

217

23.46

40.74

2.44

 

17.7

87.4

463

141

26.28

42.71

4.24

 

19.6

84.5

513

131

25.31

40.41

4.45

970506

16.8

78.2

461

263

22.28

40.63

1.32

 

19.4

74.2

513

198

23.92

41.03

2.75

970509

19.4

64.5

505

218

23.71

41.40

2.35

970511

13.7

62.9

388

292

20.58

38.57

0.68

 

11.3

64.3

357

303

21.11

39.78

0.58

970626

18.6

75.5

488

195

22.86

39.05

2.71

 

16.4

75.9

441

237

21.74

38.54

1.86

 

18.9

73.7

493

170

23.78

39.51

3.40

 

18.4

57.4

472

223

23.15

40.84

2.08

970629

19.7

54.5

500

220

23.05

40.38

2.21

 

20.5

48.4

505

239

23.06

41.03

1.89

 

20.8

60.4

527

104

28.20

43.75

5.63

970630

14.5

63.7

394

296

19.24

36.43

0.44

 

18.6

66.5

480

260

22.31

40.67

1.32

 

20.6

64.1

524

82

28.61

43.57

6.13

970707

19.3

78.6

506

211

23.66

41.16

2.43

 

19.4

81.6

504

205

23.37

40.34

2.55

 

19.2

89.6

497

195

24.62

41.83

3.04

970710

15.8

64.0

421

274

21.83

40.38

1.00

 

20.0

65.9

514

210

22.93

40.05

2.26

a Average range: 0.08±0.08 km (max=0.27, typical<0.05)

b Range: 0.01 to 0.44o

c Average range: 3.7±3.9 ppbv

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0096504.  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.