The observed distribution of atmospheric ozone and its variations
Abstract
It is pointed out that both the total amount and the vertical distribution of atmospheric ozone are presently measured routinely by various ground-based and satellite-borne instruments and by instruments mounted on different carrier platforms such as balloons, aircraft, and rockets. The techniques of observing atmospheric ozone are discussed, taking into account the determination of total ozone, the Dobson spectrophotometer, the Brewer spectrophotometer, the M-83 Filter Ozonometer, and satellite techniques. In a discussion of studies of vertical distribution, remote systems are considered along with in situ measurements. Attention is given to ground-based methods, satellite platforms, backscatter measurements, limb observations, electrochemical methods, chemiluminescent methods, optical methods, and rocket observations. A number of graphs showing the observed distribution of atmospheric ozone are also presented, and changes in this distribution are evaluated.
- Publication:
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IN: Ozone in the free atmosphere. New York
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985ofa..book...11L
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Composition;
- Ozone;
- Spatial Distribution;
- Backscattering;
- Ozonometry;
- Periodic Variations;
- Satellite Observation;
- Spectrophotometry;
- Vertical Distribution;
- Geophysics