Rocket-borne studies of ozone:

Measurements of ozone profiles in the stratosphere and lower mesosphere have been made using indigenously developed rocket borne sensors. These sensors were flown from Thumba, India and from Wallops Flight Center/NASA, USA. The peak ozone concentration over Thumba was found to be in the height range of 26-28 km. Large differences in ozone concentration between day and night and during a solar eclipse have been observed in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere.

Important Publications:

Subbaraya and Lal, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth and Planet Sci.), Vol. 90, p. 173, 1981.

Lal and Subbaraya, Adv. Space Res. Vol. 2, p. 205, 1983

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