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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL

Ozone

RESEARCH, VOL. 95, NO. D10, PAGES 16,887-16,901, SEPTEMBER 20, 1990

and Aerosol

Distributions

Over

the

Amazon Basin During the Wet Season E. V. BROWELL AND G. L. GREGORY Atmospheric SciencesDivision, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia R. C. HARRISS

Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham V. W. J. H. KIRCHHOFF

Instituto de PesquisasEspaciais, S•o Jos• dos Campos, S•o Paulo, Brazil

Measurementsof ozone (03) and aerosolswere made over the tropical rain forest of Brazil during the wet seasonin April-May 1987as part of the NASA Global TroposphericExperiment to study the Amazon boundarylayer. Remoteand in situmeasurementsof 03 and aerosolswere madefrom aircraft on flights over Brazil in the vicinity of Manaus and between Manaus and Belem. Ozonesonde data were also obtained near Manaus. Ozone mixing ratios of