Influence of sulfur dioxide trends on Dobson measurements and electrochemical ozone surroundings

Dirk De Muer; Hugo De Backer

doi:10.1117/12.163471

2 November 1993 Influence of sulfur dioxide trends on Dobson measurements and electrochemical ozone surroundings

Dirk De Muer, Hugo De Backer

Proceedings Volume 2047, Atmospheric Ozone; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.163471
Event: High Latitude Optics, 1993, Tromso, Norway

Abstract

Total ozone measurements have been performed at Uccle (50 degree(s)48'N, 4 degree(s)21'E) with Dobson spectrophotometer 40 since August 1971 and with Brewer instrument 16 since July 1983. The reduced thickness of sulfur dioxide (SO₂) as calculated from measurements with the Brewer spectrophotometer shows a decreasing trend that is in good agreement with the trend of in situ measurements of SO₂ density near the ground in the urban area of Brussels. From the mean annual variation of the ratio of both variables the corresponding correction for SO₂ interference of the Dobson instrument data was calculated on a month-by-month basis. From a comparison of the total ozone trends before and after SO₂ correction, it appeared that over the whole time period (August 1971 to May 1993) the SO₂ decrease at Uccle has induced a fictitious Dobson total ozone trend that amounts to a mean value of -1.47% per decade. More than half of the stations which have been used in the past in ozone trend studies are located within an urban area with a population of over 100,000 and are in consequence possibly affected by air pollution.

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Dirk De Muer and Hugo De Backer "Influence of sulfur dioxide trends on Dobson measurements and electrochemical ozone surroundings", Proc. SPIE 2047, Atmospheric Ozone, (2 November 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.163471

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