Measurements of springtime Antarctic ozone depletion and development of a balloonborne ultraviolet photometer

Thesis/Dissertation · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6079268

Harder, J W

The research described herein consists of two parts. The first part is a description of the design of a balloon-borne ultraviolet photometer to measure ozone and the result of a flight using this instrument. The second part of this thesis describes the modifications made on the standard commercially available electrochemical ozonesonde and the results of some experiments performed both in the laboratory and during stratospheric balloon flights. Using this modified ECC system, 33 successful balloon flights were made at McMurdo Station, Antarctica during the austral spring of 1986 to study the temporal and vertical development of the so-called Antarctic Ozone Hole. The results of these flights are described in detail.

• Research Organization: Wyoming Univ., Laramie (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6079268
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
AIRSHIPS
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
BALLOONS
DESIGN
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
LAYERS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEASURING METHODS
MONITORING
OZONE
OZONE LAYER
PHOTOMETERS
POLAR REGIONS
POLLUTION
STRATOSPHERE