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IT is well known that the vertical distribution of the atmospheric ozone shows marked variations with latitude, season and weather conditions. Ozone measurements had usually been made primarily with balloons using instruments due to Paetzold and Piscalar1, Brewer and Milford2 and Regener3, and by a few rocket probes using various types of solar spectrometers4. The balloon sondes do not reach the stratopause. Recently, a rocket-borne ozone-sonde5 which utilized the chemiluminescent principle for ozone detection was developed and flown with the Arcas rocket at White Sands Missile Range (32° N.), New Mexico. A serious disadvantage of these earlier rocket-borne sondes is that they cannot be fired during daylight because of the effect of stray light on the photomultiplier output. There is a pressing need for an ozonesonde which can be deployed at any time of day.
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RANDHAWA, J. Ozonesonde for Rocket Flight. Nature 213, 53–54 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213053a0
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