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Variations in the concentration of mesospheric ozone during the total solar eclipse of March 29, 2006, from microwave radiometric data

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We present the results of microwave observations of the ozone content variability in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere during a total solar eclipse of March 29, 2006 at the Kislovodsk high-altitude scientific station. An increase in the concentration of mesospheric ozone was recorded during the eclipse. At a height of 60 km, the ozone concentration increased by 40%, which is close to the value of diurnal ozone variations.

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    Yu. Yu. Kulikov, A. A. Krasil’nikov, V. M. Demkin & V. G. Ryskin

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Original Russian Text © Yu.Yu. Kulikov, A.A. Krasil’nikov, V.M. Demkin, V.G. Ryskin, 2008, published in Izvestiya AN. Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 522–526.

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Kulikov, Y.Y., Krasil’nikov, A.A., Demkin, V.M. et al. Variations in the concentration of mesospheric ozone during the total solar eclipse of March 29, 2006, from microwave radiometric data. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 44, 486–490 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433808040099

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