Multiyear Satellite Total Ozone Column Dimension within West Africa

Authors

  • Ferdinand Shimei. I Department of Physics and Industrial Physics, Imo State University, P.M.B 2000 Owerri, Nigeria
  • Chineke T. C. Department of Physics and Industrial Physics, Imo State University, P.M.B 2000 Owerri, Nigeria
  • Nwofor O. K Department of Physics and Industrial Physics, Imo State University, P.M.B 2000 Owerri, Nigeria
  • Okoro U.K Department of Physics and Industrial Physics, Imo State University, P.M.B 2000 Owerri, Nigeria
  • Ewurum B. B. Department of Physics and Industrial Physics, Imo State University, P.M.B 2000 Owerri, Nigeria

Keywords:

Multiyear, Satellite-Lidia-Ozone-Vertical, West-Africa, Measurement, Total.

Abstract

Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS*) mechanisms have been flown on NASA/*GSFC satellites more than 20 years. They present close to realdnine ~o/.?one data pro Atmospheric Science Research. As elemental of preface energy structured to build up a Lidar base in Nigeria for monitoring the atmospheric ozone and aerosol stratum. The monthly mean TOMS* total column ozone measurements amid 1978~1999 have been evaluated. The tendency of the total column ozone illustrates a spatial and sequential dissimilarity with cryptogram of the Quasi Biennial Oscillation (QBO) all through this 21-year research epoch; The standards of TOMS* total ozone vertical, over Nigeria (4-15oN

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Shimei. I, F., T. C., C., O. K, N., U.K, O., & B. B., E. (2016). Multiyear Satellite Total Ozone Column Dimension within West Africa. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 28(2), 34–53. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/5893

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