Ubiquity of quasi-horizontal layers in the troposhere
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Temperature and water-vapour sensors on radiosondes are traditionally used to measure atmospheric vertical structure. However the climatology of smaller-scale atmospheric structure is not available. Aircraft data from MOZAIC and three NASA missions has been studied, and a background for each constituent profile was estimated using a mode-based algorithm. Quasi-horizontal atmospheric layers with thicknesses of 1 km and altitudes of 5-7 km are frequently discerned.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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Direct measurement of tropospheric ozone distributions from space
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Ozone's role in absorbing ultraviolet solar radiation is well known. Tropospheric ozone is produced photochemically and transported from the stratosphere. Direct measurements of tropospheric ozone concentrations from space are presented from the European Space Agency's Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment. The results show the use of satellite measurements to give self-consistent tropospheric and stratospheric ozone distributions.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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