Photochemistry of the Stratosphere of Venus : Implications for Atmospheric Evolution " 2 YUK L . YUNG
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The photochemistry of the stratosphere of Venus was modeled using an updated and expanded chemical scheme, combined with the results of recent observations and laboratory studies. We examined three models, with H2 mixing ratio equal to 2 x 10 3, 5 x 10t, and I x 103, respectively. All models satisfactorily account for the observations of CO, 02, 0 2 CA), and SO2 in the stratosphere, but only the last one may be able to account for the diurnal behavior of mesospheric CO and the uv albedo. Oxygen, derived from CO 2 photolysis, is primarily consumed by CO2 recombination and oxidation of SO2 to H2 S0 4 . Photolysis of HCI in the upper stratosphere provides a major source of odd hydrogen and free chlorine radicals, essential for the catalytic oxidation of CO. Oxidation of SO2 by 0 occurs in the lower stratosphere. In the high-H2 model (model A) the 0-0 bond is broken mainly by S + 02 and SO + HO2 . In the low-H2 models additional reactions for breaking the 0-0 bond must be invoked: NO + HO2 in model B and CICO + 02 in model C. It is shown that lightning in the lower atmosphere could provide as much as 30 ppb of NO, in the stratosphere. Our modeling reveals a number of intriguing similarities, previously unsuspected, between the chemistry of the stratosphere of Venus and that of the Earth. Photochemistry may have played a major role in the evolution of the atmosphere. The current atmosphere, as described by our preferred model, is characterized by an extreme deficiency of hydrogen species, having probably lost the equivalent of 102-103 times the present hydrogen content.
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