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Margitan et al. 1989
Margitan, J.J., Brothers, G.A., Browell, E.V., Cariolle, D., Coffey, M.T., Farman, J.C., Farmer, C.B., Gregory, G.L., Harder, J.W., Hofmann, D.J., Hypes, W., Ismail, S., Jakoubek, R.O., Komhyr, W., Kooi, S., Krueger, A.J., Larsen, J.C., Mankin, W., McCormick, M.P., Mount, G.H., Proffitt, M.H., Ravishankra, A.R., Schmeltekoff, A.L., Starr, W.L., Toon, G.C., Torres, A., Tuck, A.F., Wahner, A. and Watterson, I. (1989). Intercomparison of ozone measurements over Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research 94: doi: 10.1029/89JD00883. issn: 0148-0227.

Measurements of the abundances of ozone over Antarctica in August and September 1987 obtained during the Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment are intercompared. These measurements of ozone concentrations and total column abundance were obtained by three satellite instruments, two IR and one UV column-measuring instruments aboard the DC-8, one in situ ER-2 instruments, an upward looking lidar aboard the DC-8, and ozonesondes from four sites in Antarctica. Given the natural variability of ozone in the Antarctic and the fact that the data were not truly coincident spatially and temporally, this intercomparison is suitable only for identifying gross disparities among the techniques, rather than confirming the accuracies as rigorously as is normally done in an intercomparison. This paper presents a summary of the ozone data, using the data and accuracies given by the individual investigators in the individual papers in this issue, without any attempt to critically review or evaluate the data. In general, very good agreement (within about 10--20%, limited by natural variability) among the various techniques was found, with no systematic biases detected. These observations confirm the low ozone amounts reported in the Antarctica stratosphere. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1989

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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—composition and chemistry, Information Related to Geographic Region, Antarctica
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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