Nimbus 7 total ozone mapping spectrometer (TOMS) data during the Gap, France, ozone intercomparisons of June 1981

The Nimbus 7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer data over Europe have been specially processed for the 2 days of the ozone sensor intercomparison balloon campaign in June 1981 at Gap, France. The 19 June TOMS map shows an elongated ozone maximum (~ 400 D.U.)extending in a NW-SE direction across central Europe and an ozone minimum (300 D.U.) in the central Atlantic. This pattern produces a 12 D.U. decrease along the balloon trajectory from the first ascent to the second descent. On 26 June a much smaller ozone maximum (400 D.U.) is centered in northern France with its main axis running in a SW-NE direction. The total ozone contours tend to lie parallel to the balloon trajectory so that the total ozone during the flight is nearly constant.