Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics www.atmos-chem-phys.net 1680-7316 1680-7324 7 12 2007 10.5194/acp-7-3055-2007 http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/7/3055/2007/ http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/7/3055/2007/acp-7-3055-2007.html http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/7/3055/2007/acp-7-3055-2007.pdf 3055 3069 2007-06-15 Understanding the kinetics of the ClO dimer cycle M. von Hobe m.von.hobe@fz-juelich.de R. J. Salawitch T. Canty H. Keller-Rudek G. K. Moortgat J.-U. Grooß R. Müller F. Stroh Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute for Chemistry and Dynamics of the Geosphere (ICG-1), Jülich, Germany Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry Division, Mainz, Germany Among the major factors controlling ozone loss in the polar vortices in winter/spring is the kinetics of the ClO dimer catalytic cycle. Here, we propose a strategy to test and improve our understanding of these kinetics by comparing and combining information on the thermal equilibrium between ClO and Cl₂O₂, the rate of Cl₂O₂ formation, and the Cl₂O₂ photolysis rate from laboratory experiments, theoretical studies and field observations. Concordant with a number of earlier studies, we find considerable inconsistencies of some recent laboratory results with rate theory calculations and stratospheric observations of ClO and Cl₂O₂. The set of parameters for which we find the best overall consistency – namely the ClO/Cl₂O₂ equilibrium constant suggested by Plenge et al. (2005), the Cl₂O₂ recombination rate constant reported by Nickolaisen et al. (1994) and Cl₂O₂ photolysis rates based on absorption cross sections in the range between the JPL 2006 assessment and the laboratory study by Burkholder et al. 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