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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-1017-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-1017-2024
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12 Feb 2024
Research article |  | 12 Feb 2024

Ozone and aerosol optical depth retrievals using the ultraviolet multi-filter rotating shadow-band radiometer

Joseph Michalsky and Glen McConville

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The ozone in the atmosphere is measured by looking at the sun and measuring how diminished the light in the ultraviolet is relative to how bright it is above the Earth's atmosphere. This typically uses spectral instruments that are either costly or no longer manufactured. This paper uses a relatively inexpensive interference filter instrument to perform the same task. Daily ozone measurements with the latter and this filter instrument are compared. Aerosols are calculated as a by-product.
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