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An assessment of the long‐term drift in SBUV total ozone data, based on comparison with the Dobson network
Author(s) -
Fleig Albert J.,
Bhartia Pawan K.,
Silberstein David S.
Publication year - 1986
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/gl013i012p01359
Subject(s) - environmental science , ozone , term (time) , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , geology , physics , astronomy
Six years of total ozone data derived from the SBUV instrument on Nimbus 7 are compared with results from 41 Dobson stations. Results indicate that the SBUV measurements have drifted against the Dobson stations with a roughly linear trend of .38% ± .13% per year. Several possible reasons for this relative drift are discussed.