Abstract

Global, high quality measurements of the composition and physical conditions of the stratosphere are necessary for progress in the studies of changes in the ozone layer. To this end, the Network for Detection of Stratospheric Change (NDSC) has been established, based on the premise that a better global picture can be obtained by combining data from satellites, which have wide geographic coverage, with data from a few groundbased stations, where the instruments can be carefully characterized and calibrated repeatedly and a wide variety of instruments can be used simultaneously, than can be obtained with either type of data alone. The NDSC consists of a set of high quality remote sounding research stations for observing and understanding the physical and chemical state of the stratosphere¹. The stations include both primary and complementary observing sites. The data from these stations are complemented with satellite measurements. The observations are targeted primarily at ozone and related chemical compounds and parameters.

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