OZONE MEASUREMENTS WITH ROCKET-BORNE OZONESONDES

Abstract

A rocket-borne ozonesonde has been developed which utilizes the chemiluminescent principle for the measurement of the ozone concentration in the atmosphere. This has been fired with the ARCAS rocket at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The instrument, as it descends with the parachute, measures the ozone concentration. In addition to the main peak ozone concentration generally found near 22 km, a secondary peak has been observed close to 40 kilometers. A gross detailed structure of ozone distribution in the upper stratosphere has been measured which could not be obtained by the Umkehr method.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0482328

Entities

People

  • Jagir S. Randhawa

Organizations

  • Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Composition
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Atmospheric Temperature
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Electronics
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • New Mexico
  • Ozone Layer
  • Refractive Index
  • Rockets
  • Telemetry

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Mathematics or Statistics

Technology Areas

  • Space