#EESpublishes: Prof #BlaszczakBoxe of @GC_CUNY on the #Martian #ozone profile

Professor Christopher Blaszczak-Boxe of the CUNY Grad Center and City College co-authored a paper in ICARUS entitled A detailed pathway analysis of the chemical reaction system generating the Martian vertical ozone profile. Highlights: •Determination of all significant O3 producing and consuming pathways and quantification of their contributions in the Martian atmosphere with help of an automated computer algorithm. •O3 production results from CO2 and O2 photolysis. •O3 is consumed by catalytic cycles involving HOx (=H+OH+HO2). •The Martian atmosphere can be divided into two chemically distinct re- gions according to the O(3P):O3 ratio. •Vertical transport of O(3P) from upper layers downwards …

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