ozone column

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• Ozone depletion — Image of the largest Antarctic ozone hole ever recorded (September 2006) Ozone depletion describes two distinct but related phenomena observed since the late 1970s: a steady decline of about 4% per decade in the total volume of ozone in Earth s… …   Wikipedia

• Ozone layer — The ozone layer is a layer in Earth s atmosphere which contains relatively high concentrations of ozone (O3). This layer absorbs 97–99% of the Sun s high frequency ultraviolet light, which is potentially damaging to the life forms on Earth.[1] It …   Wikipedia

• Ozone — For other uses, see Ozone (disambiguation). Ozone …   Wikipedia

• ozone depletion — /oʊzoʊn dəˈpliʃən/ (say ohzohn duh pleeshuhn) noun a decline in the amount of ozone in the earth s stratosphere. Ozone depletion occurs in the stratosphere in response to the breakdown of compounds such as chlorofluorocarbons containing chlorine… …  

• Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion — The Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion is a sequence of reports sponsored by WMO/UNEP. The most recent is the [http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/arep/gaw/ozone 2006/ozone asst report.html 2006 report] .The reports were set up to inform the… …   Wikipedia

• Dobson ozone spectrophotometer — Original Dobson Spectrometer, using photographic plates The Dobson spectrophotometer, also known as Dobsonmeter or Dobson spectrometer, is the earliest instrument used to measure atmospheric ozone. It was invented in 1926 by Gordon Dobson.[1] A… …   Wikipedia

• Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer — The Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) is a satellite instrument for measuring ozone values. Of the five TOMS instruments which were built, four entered successful orbit. Nimbus 7 and Meteor 3 provided global measurements of total column… …   Wikipedia

• Brewer — may refer to: *brewer, someone who makes beer (see brewing). *The Brewer Spectrophotometer, a ground based spectrophotometer measuring ozone column, sulfur dioxide column, UV radiation and the aerosol optical depth *Brewer, Maine, a place in the… …   Wikipedia

• Mount Pinatubo — The eruption column of Mount Pinatubo on June 12, 1991, three days before the climactic eruption. Elevation …   Wikipedia

• Microplasma — A microwave microplasma jet Microplasmas are plasmas of small dimensions, ranging from tens to thousands of micrometers. They can be generated at a variety of temperatures and pressures, existing as either thermal or non thermal plasmas. Non… …   Wikipedia

• atmosphere — atmosphereless, adj. /at meuhs fear /, n., v., atmosphered, atmosphering. n. 1. the gaseous envelope surrounding the earth; the air. 2. this medium at a given place. 3. Astron. the gaseous envelope surrounding a heavenly body. 4. Chem. any… …   Universalium