OZONE DIAL MEASUREMENTS IN ARGENTINA AS PART OF SOLAR CAMPAIGN

ELIAN A WOLFRAM, JACOBO SALVADOR, JUAN PALLOTTA, RAUL DELIA, ANDREA PAZMIÑO

Opt. Pura Apl., Especial Four Workshop “Lidar Measurements In Latin America”

Sociedad Española de Óptica (S.E.D.O.)

Año: 2008 vol. 41 p. 151 - 154

Since June 2005, the CEILAP Lidar Division, with the financial support of JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) and the collaboration with IPSL, France, has installed an atmospheric laboratory in the Patagonian city of Río Gallegos (51º 36’ S, 69º 19’ W) for the measurements of stratospheric ozone, aerosols and water vapour with lidar remote sensing techniques. During 2005-2006 springs, the SOLAR Campaign was carried out, giving the opportunity to measure the evolution of stratospheric ozone profiles and the influence of polar vortex overpass over southern part of Argentina. In this paper we present results of lidar ozone measurements made during this field campaign, the first one carry out in Argentina using lidar technologies.