Stratospheric Ozone Detection Using a Photon Stimulated Ozone Sensor Based on Indium Oxide Nanoparticles

Chunyu Wang, Robert Willi Becker, Otmar Kappeler, Volker Cimalla, Michael Matthes, Jens Mundhenke
DOI: 10.4236/jep.2011.28128                

Abstract

Stratospheric ozone is normally measured using stationary equipments, such as a Dobson spectrometer and filter ozonometer, which have the disadvantages of large size, high price and high cost for operation and maintenance. In this work, a balloon-borne photostimulated ozone sensor based on indium oxide nanoparticles has been developed to measure stratospheric ozone. Using the remote compact energy-saving room-temperature ozone sensor, a vertical distribution of ozone concentration with a high resolution was obtained, and the ozone concentration at ~ 27 km over sea level between Lake Constance, Germany and Lake Zurich, Switzerland was determined to be ~ 5.6 ppm.

Keywords

Stratospheric Ozone, Photon Stimulation, Indium Oxide Nanoparticles

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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