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Observations of the height of the ozone in the upper atmosphere

1928; Royal Society; Volume: 120; Issue: 785 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1098/rspa.1928.0147

2053-9150

F. W. Paul Götz, G. M. B. Dobson,

Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

It has been shown that there is a close connection between the amount of ozone in the upper atmosphere and the pressure conditions in the upper part of the troposphere and the lower part of the stratosphere. MM. Cabannes and Dufay, and also MM. Lambert, Déjardin and Chalonge have measured the height of this ozone and found that it is about 40 to 50 kms. above the earth’s surface. It is remarkable that the ozone situated at so great a height should be so closely connected with variations of pressure much lower down, and as the observations of the height of ozone which have been published up to the present have been confined to a relatively small number of days, it seemed desirable to make further measurements. As the amount of ozone in the atmosphere varies both with the season of the year and also with the pressure distribution in the lower layers, it is important to see whether the height of the ozone shows variations of any similar nature.