The approximation of particulate scattering coefficients in the determination of total ozone

✍ Scribed by R. E. Basher

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 446 KB
• Volume: 102
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0035-9009
• DOI: 10.1002/qj.49710243312

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

For the purpose of total ozone measurement, the atmosphere's particulate scattering spectrum in the 305 to 340 nm interval is approximated by a parabolic function. The inclusion of this function in the usual total ozone equations gives rise to expressions which allow the experimental determination of the “true” total ozone as well as the otherwise unknown expansion coefficients of the function.

The theory can be both illustrated and tested by the graphical methods which are described. The parabolic model is found to be very well supported by an experimental data sample. Of note is the finding that this sample's double wavelength‐pair total ozone values differ from the true total ozone value by as much as 0.024 atm‐cm. Some implications of the theory are discussed.