Optical characterisation of three reference Dobsons in the ATMOZ Project – verification of G. M. B. Dobson's original specifications

Köhler, Ulf; Nevas, Saulius; McConville, Glen; Evans, Robert; Smid, Marek; Stanek, Martin; Redondas, Alberto; Schönenborn, Fritz

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Optical characterisation of three reference Dobsons in the ATMOZ Project – verification of G. M. B. Dobson's original specifications

Ulf Köhler, Saulius Nevas, Glen McConville, Robert Evans, Marek Smid, Martin Stanek, Alberto Redondas, and Fritz Schönenborn

Ulf Köhler

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

ulf.koehler@dwd.de

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-986X

Met. Obs. Hohenpeissenberg, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Albin-Schwaiger-Weg 10, 82383 Hohenpeissenberg, Germany

Saulius Nevas

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany

Glen McConville

ESRL, R/GMD1, NOAA, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA

Robert Evans

ESRL, R/GMD1, NOAA, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA

Marek Smid

Czech Metrology Institute, Okruzni 31, 638 00 Brno, (Dept. of Optics, Prague), Czech Republic

Martin Stanek

Solar and Ozone Observatory, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Zamecek 456, 500 08 Hradec Kralove 8, Czech Republic

Alberto Redondas

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4826-6823

Izaña Atmospheric Research Centre, AEMET- Meteorological State Agency, C/La Marina 20, 6 Planta, 38071 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Fritz Schönenborn

Met. Obs. Hohenpeissenberg, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Albin-Schwaiger-Weg 10, 82383 Hohenpeissenberg, Germany

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Laboratory investigations of optical characteristics of three standard Dobsons provide real wavelength settings and slit functions. These parameters were compared with the original values given in the manuals. The differences between real and nominal values are not too large, but their application will in any case improve the quality of the total ozone column measurements in the global network. This improvement was the main objective of the ATMOZ project funding these activities.

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