Using an isothermal atmosphere with the stated scale height gives and at . The water atmospheric mixing ratio then gives . Applying steady state to the short-lived electronically excited oxygen atom,
Its HOx family source is . Balancing this with termination gives . Combining with the rapid partition, or solving both stationary radical equations including termination, gives
Consequently the main catalytic odd-oxygen loss is
The Chapman cycle loss is , so the given HO cycle is about 2.35 times larger. Both rates count two odd-oxygen units per completed O-plus-O destruction event. The omitted correction is only about of the main HO loss. The family abundance divided by its source is about , explaining why its absolute stationary state is a stronger assumption than rapid OH/HO interconversion.
For the stated total number density, multiply the number atmospheric mixing ratio by . With NO defined as NO plus NO,
The water partial pressure is of the total pressure. It is a 3% number fraction, not 30 ppm.