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An assessment of the total ozone mapping spectrometer for measuring ozone levels in a solid rocket plume
Author(s) -
Syage Jack A.,
Ross Marty N.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/96gl02516
Subject(s) - plume , ozone , total ozone mapping spectrometer , solid fuel rocket , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , rocket (weapon) , spectrometer , panache , ozone depletion , ozone layer , meteorology , physics , chemistry , propellant , optics , aerospace engineering , organic chemistry , engineering
The question whether the total ozone mapping spectrometer (TOMS) is capable of measuring ozone levels in a solid rocket motor plume is examined. Simulated measurements were computed for a chemical kinetics and dispersion model of a Titan IV plume. The principal disadvantage of TOMS for measuring local plume ozone levels is that the detection field‐of‐view is typically much larger than the column area for ozone loss. A secondary problem is attenuation of backscattered light by plume species and particles that can distort the ozone measurement.