A rocket measurement of ozone near sunrise

Abstract

The results from a Nike Apache rocket instrumented to measure ozone at high altitudes by absorption spectroscopy are presented. The measurements, which were obtained shortly before sunrise, show generally good agreement with other experimental data when a spherically symmetric ozone distribution is assumed. The new data are also found to be consistent with Hunt's theoretical model, which shows a large variation in ozone concentration near sunrise. It is suggested that further observations can distinguish between the symmetric and non-symmetric distributions.