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Ozone measurements between 90 and 110 km altitude by mass spectrometer
Author(s) -
Trinks H.
Publication year - 1975
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/gl002i003p00099
Subject(s) - mixing ratio , altitude (triangle) , rocket (weapon) , spectrometer , atmospheric sciences , ozone , environmental science , atmosphere (unit) , mass spectrometry , argon , range (aeronautics) , atmosphere of earth , mixing (physics) , physics , remote sensing , meteorology , geology , materials science , optics , atomic physics , geography , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , composite material
On June 29, 1974 at 15:14 LST a rocket‐borne cryogenic neutral gas mass spectrometer was flown above Wallops Island as part of the NASA/AFCRL ALADDIN 74 program. The altitude profiles of the signals obtained from argon between 90 and 200 km and ozone between 90 and 110 km are presented. From a comparison of Ar and O 3 signals, the mixing ratio for O 3 in the atmosphere is shown to be 10 −6 or slightly less in the 90–100 km range. At 110 km the mixing ratio drops to around 10 −7 .