ISAMS And MLS For NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

D. LLewellyn-Jones, P. H. G. Dickinson. (1990), JBIS, 43, pp.143-146

Refcode: 1990.43.143

Abstract:

This article is primarily concerned with space instruments to address the problem of stratospheric ozone depletion, which is today one of several major environmental issues confronting the industrial world. It is now widely accepted that the deposition into the atmosphere of man-made chlorine compounds (notably traditional “aerosol can” propellants and refrigerants) leads to depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer with the very possible result of a reduction in the protection it affords to living organisms from harmful solar ultra-violet radiation. The positions of the ozone layer and of the main regions of the atmosphere are indicated in fig. l.