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VERTICAL ozone distributions over Boulder, Colorado (40° N.), showed a persistent dip in the ozone concentration at 50 mb over the period from March 9 to April 10, 1964. At the middle of the period the dip reached a maximum amplitude of about 50 micro-mbar less than the neighbouring ozone partial pressures, and a ‘half-width’ of about 5 to 10 mb. The rise in ozone concentration below the 50-mb level was appreciably steeper than the lines of equal mixing ratio, even in the mean of all 23 soundings taken during the above period.
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PITTOCK, A. Possible Destruction of Ozone by Volcanic Material at 50 mbar. Nature 207, 182 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207182a0
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