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Note on the measurement of ozone in the atmosphere
Author(s) -
Dobson G. M. B.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49708938112
Subject(s) - ozone , atmosphere (unit) , atmospheric sciences , absorption (acoustics) , environmental science , sulfur dioxide , atmospheric chemistry , wavelength , meteorology , chemistry , physics , optics , inorganic chemistry
The absorption coefficients of ozone for ultra‐violet wavelengths which have previously been accepted as correct, do not agree with measurements made on the ozone in the atmosphere. New laboratory measurements are now reported, in which the same spectroscopic apparatus is employed as is used in the atmospheric work. The absorption coefficients so found agree well with the atmospheric values. The possibility that there may be other gases in the atmosphere, in addition to ozone, which absorb in the ultra‐violet region is examined. Only sulphur dioxide might possibly give trouble but the amount present is too small to cause appreciable errors in the ozone measurements.