M eteorology 1020
Internet Assignment : Ozone
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Tell me what type or types of clouds you observed this morning walking to class. What fraction of the sky was covered by what type of cloud? Was the local weather about what was forecasted? As a reference use this link .

Ozone

This exercise is intended to explore ozone.


From this page answer:

  • 1. How is ozone created?
From Ozone: Good Up High, Bad Nearby answer the following questions.
  • 2. Does ozone occur naturally in the stratosphere?
  • 3. How does stratospheric ozone become depleted?
  • 4. How does the depletion of stratospheric ozone affect humans and the environment?
  • 5. What are the major sources of ozone precursors in the troposphere? (include percentages)
  • 6. How does tropospheric ozone affect humans and the environment?
From The Antarctic Ozone Hole answer the following questions.
  • 7. The unit used to measure ozone is the dobson unit. What is a dobson unit?
  • 8. How is the ozone hole defined?
  • 9. Why is the ozone hole only over Antarctica?

Due date: Friday November 17, 2006
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