Monday 20 February 2012

Ozone measurements

Halley is famous for being the place where the ozone hole was discovered. In spring the ozone values values over Antarctica are low because of the action of  chlorine from CFCs. Halley has a very long, continuous and high quality record of ozone measurements,

Here is Jon Shanklin taking the first Ozone measurement at Halley VI, he has good claim to be the person who discovered the ozone hole and the machine he is using (called a Dobson) is the actual one that confirmed the low ozone values.




Posted by Mike at 07:30

4 comments:

  1. Cousin Alan20 February 2012 at 08:23

    Hi Mike, my side of the family are fascinated by your blog - keep up the good work.

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  2. Anonymous20 February 2012 at 18:51

    "clorine from CFCs".....Mike should that be Chlorine or is clorine a US spelling or some other compound, best wishes www.rsc.org keep up the great blog and stuff the clorine

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    1. Mike20 February 2012 at 19:14

      Such terrible quality proof reading, what can I say...

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  3. Anonymous20 February 2012 at 20:38

    ...Such terrible quality proof reading, what can you say...

    We would probably say you have been on the clorine or may be the ohzone, take care www.rsc.org

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