Millimeter-wave spectrometers for remote sensing of ozone and other minor gases of the atmosphere

Autor: S. V. Logvinenko, S. B. Rozanov, P. L. Nikiforov, A. N. Lukin, E. P. Kropotkina, S. V. Solomonov, A. N. Ignatyev, A. M. Shtanyuk
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: 2010 INTERNATIONAL KHARKOV SYMPOSIUM ON PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING OF MICROWAVES, MILLIMETER AND SUBMILLIMETER WAVES.
DOI: 10.1109/msmw.2010.5546099
Popis: Ozone plays very important role in the atmosphere because it protects life at the Earth's surface against the harmful solar UV-B radiation [1]. In the stratosphere, ozone critically controls the energy budget because it absorbs both solar UV and terrestrial IR radiation [1]. Spatial distribution and variations of the ozone content determine quantity and variations of the absorbed energy. Existing satellite instruments such as [2] can't provide both high resolution in horizontal plane and sufficiently dense data sets on concentration of ozone and ozone-related species (in the first place, chlorine and nitrogen oxides) over selected regions. So reliable ground-based instruments for monitoring of ozone and other minor atmospheric gases are necessary in addition to the satellites.
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