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The Ozone and Aerosol Fine Structure experiment: Observing the fine structure of ozone and aerosol distribution in the atmosphere from the Salyut 7 Orbiter: 3. Experimental results

1991; American Geophysical Union; Volume: 96; Issue: D10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1029/91jd01394

2156-2202

N. F. Elansky, G. M. Grechko, Marian Plotkin, O. V. Postylyakov,

Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

An investigation of the fine structure of the ozone and aerosol distribution in the atmosphere through photography of the rising and setting Sun in four wavelengths and of the Earth's twilight limb was performed from the Soviet orbital station Salyut 7 in September 1985. Using a renewed mathematical algorithm, vertical distributions of ozone and aerosol and their layered structure over separate regions were derived from photographs. Subsequent validation of the data obtained has confirmed that the data were retrieved with sufficient accuracy. Analysis of the images obtained reveals typical features of the fine structure of aerosol distribution in the troposphere and stratosphere. The aerosol layered structure was observed in the northern and southern hemispheres at the heights 0–18 km and 0–36 km, respectively. In both hemispheres the aerosol fine structure possesses equal altitudinal periodicity of 2.4–2.6 km.