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Vertical Distribution of Atmospheric Ozone

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ON February 25, March 4, March 16 and April 18, 1950, sounding-balloon flights were carried out for the spectrographic determination of the vertical distribution of ozone in the lower stratosphere.

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REGENER, V. Vertical Distribution of Atmospheric Ozone. Nature 167, 276–277 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167276a0

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