“…We will report below on a program to measure simultaneously stratospheric total column abundances above 12 km of Ja The variability in the amounts of N20, NO, NO2, and HNO3 with respect to changing latitude, season, and solar input will be examined in turn. Figure 1 shows measured profiles of N20, NO, NO2, and HNO3 as reported by various investigators [Schutz et al, 1970;Goldman et al, 1973Goldman et al, , 1978Marries, 1973;Marries et al, 1974;Ehhalt et al, 1974;Lazrus and Ganø drud, 1974;Ridley et al, 1974Ridley et al, , 1975Ridley et al, , 1976Ackerman et al, 1975;Bloxam et al, 1975;Chaloner et al, 1975;Evans et al, 1975Evans et al, , 1976Fontanella et al, 1975;Schmeltekooef et al, 1975Schmeltekooef et al, , 1977Meidt et al, 1976;Kerr and McElroy, 1976;Drummond et al, 1977;Krey et al, 1977;Loewenstein et al, 1978a, b;Maier et al, 1978;Fedder et al, 1978]. While these profiles show var-iabilities that are due to both natural and instrumental sources, they do demonstrate the typical stratospheric vertical distribution characteristics of each species.…”