HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: ilana@kiowa.scd.ucar.edu (Ilana Stern)
Subject: Re: Bored at WSFO-Denver?
Organization: NCAR/UCAR
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 22:56:28 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.224759.15490@meteor.wisc.edu>, moonunit@meteor.wisc.edu (Chris Bovitz) writes:
> Has anyone been checking the Colorado state forecast discussion 
> out of Denver the last couple of days?  Looks like Mr.(or Ms.) 
> Bouda has gotten the poetry fever.  His (or her) last couple 
> days' worth of discussions have been written in poetry.
> 
> If anyone has all of them or know where I can get them, let me know.

I think I can get them -- I'll let you know (the guy who I will ask
has left for the day).

For the benefit of those of you who haven't had the pleasure, here's 
the latest:

FPUS3 KDEN 012025
WARM AND DRY THE WEATHER WILL BE
TIL THE LOW MVS IN FROM THE SEA.
THE SRN MTNS HV CLDS WHICH I SPY
THAT AFDK WL DISAPPR FM THE SKY.
MDLS SHOW RDG WL WKN AND MV EAST
BUT NOT UNTIL SATURDAY AT LEAST.
TEMPS TO NR RECORD LVLS CAN SOAR 
AND WL HELP MY VERIFICATN SCORE.
THE MDLS ALL DIFFER TO SM DEGREE
WHICH TO BLV ISNT OBVIOUS TO ME.
USING THE SAT LOOPS I WL SUGGEST
THAT MAYBE THE MRF WILL BE BEST.
THE NRN JET APPRS TO BE STRONGER
SO THE LO CANT SPIN MUCH LONGER.
TO THE NE THE LOW WL MV AND FLOW
SO WINDS IN CO WL BEGIN TO BLOW.
MSTR WL BE INCREASG IN THE NORTH
SO POPS IN N WL BE COMING FORTH.
UPSLP WL DVLP OVR THE ERN PLAINS
SO MON AND TUE WL HV A CHC RAIN.
TEMPERATURES WL LOWER THIS I SAY
AS SUMMER IS OVR FOR MANY A DAY.
ENOUGH OF THIS NONSENSICAL VERSE
IF GETS LONGER WL BE EVEN WORSE.

.CO...NONE

BOODA

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From: stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini)
Subject: Re: False Color for GOES-7 Images
Organization: Unocal Corporation
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 14:19:23 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.211219.26303@lsil.com> lulejian@lsil.com writes:
>
>I am diplaying the GOES-7 North America images on my X-terminal
>using XV and XVIEW.  I would like to add false color to the visual
>images, so it looks similiar to the color of the earth (oceans=blue,
>clouds=white, land=brown/green, etc).  Has anyone created any color
>maps which I can use with these pictures to achieve the desired effect?

It is fairly easy to separate the clouds from below, but hard to separate
land from sea.  The clouds are pixels brighter than 150 in pgm format.
The land and sea change intensity at various times of day and overlap in
gray.  What some TV stations do is separate out the clouds and insert their
own terrestial image or map.
From: dean@vexcel.com (Dean Alaska)
Subject: Re: Relationship of violent weather to greenhouse effect
Organization: VEXCEL Corporation, Boulder CO
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 19:26:07 GMT

Most of this discussion seems to be about whether there already are more
or stronger hurricanes because of global warming.  Since the long-term
threat of global warming is not directly tied to a possible current
warming, maybe we could talk about hypothetical warming in the future.

Can generalizations be made about the frequency and or strength of
hurricanes if the IPCC projection for warming happens (1.5 to 4.5 C)?
-- 

		dingo in boulder	(dean@vexcel.com)
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
From: antonio@qualcomm.com (Franklin Antonio)
Subject: Timezones -- precise definition
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 07:03:27 GMT


I know this isn't the right newsgroup for this question -- but it seemed
to be the closest I could find.

We've all seen maps that contain lines representing the boundaries
between the time zones.  These lines mostly follow the meridians, except
that they jog here and there, to follow a political boundary, or to put
a group of islands together in the same zone.

I want some software I'm writing to "know about" these timezone boundaries.

Where can I find a precise definition of these boundaries?  Prefer computer
readable.  I know I can digitize them by hand off of a large world map,
but I was hoping for something that required less work!

Any information appreciated.  I have no idea what government body (if any)
keeps track of this sort of thing, etc.
From: rovero@oc.nps.navy.mil (Josh Rovero)
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
Subject: Re: Relationship of violent weather to greenhouse effect
Date: 26 Sep 92 23:29:27 GMT
Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA

Maybe noone has come to the conclusion you desire because the tropical
cyclone frequency for both the Atlantic and Pacific is much LOWER than
normal.

Get a grip...

-- 
Josh Rovero   (rovero@oc.nps.navy.mil) | or Internet 5346p@cc.nps.navy.mil 
Department of Oceanography, Code OC/Rv |      Bitnet 5346p@NAVPGS 
Naval Postgraduate School              |              
Monterey, CA  93943   (408) 646-2084   |
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
From: korins@pop.cis.yale.edu (Russ Korins)
Subject: Unformatted data via Internet
Followup-To: sci.geo.meteorology
Organization: Yale University (Class of 1994)
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 20:12:19 GMT

Is there a way to obtain unformatted hourly observations via Internet?

If anyone knows, please e-mail or post.  Thanks!

--------------
Russ Korins, PO Box 520 Yale Station, New Haven CT 06520-0520
korins@pop.cis.yale.edu
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
From: wivey@ncsc.org (William Ivey)
Subject: Sea Surface Temperature Data
Reply-To: wivey@ncsc.org (William Ivey)
Organization: North Carolina Supercomputing Center
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 11:26:50 GMT

Does anyone know of an anonymous ftp site for satellite
derived sea surface temperature files for the US east
coast?

Thanks,

Will Ivey
North Carolina Supercomputing Center
wivey@ncsc.org
From: lulejian@lsil.com (John Lulejian)
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
Subject: False Color for GOES-7 Images
Date: 1 Oct 92 21:12:19 GMT
Reply-To: lulejian@lsil.com
Organization: LSI Logic Corporation


I am diplaying the GOES-7 North America images on my X-terminal
using XV and XVIEW.  I would like to add false color to the visual
images, so it looks similiar to the color of the earth (oceans=blue,
clouds=white, land=brown/green, etc).  Has anyone created any color
maps which I can use with these pictures to achieve the desired effect?

Thank you.

John Lulejian


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From: acaines@cid.aes.doe.CA (Neil Sargent)
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
Subject: Re: Relationship of violent weather to greenhouse effect
Date: 2 Oct 92 18:28:36 GMT
Organization: Environment Canada (CID), Dorval, QC

Forgive me if someone else has mentioned this (I haven't been following this
thread consistently), but S. Idso et al. have published a paper 'Carbon Dioxide
and Hurricanes: Implications of Northern Hemispheric Warming for 
Atlantic/Caribbean Storms' (Meteorol. Atmos. Phys. 42, 259-263(1990)).

They conclude 'For global warming on the order of one-half to one degree
Centigrade, then, our analyses suggest that there would be no change in the
frequency of occurrence of Atlantic/Caribbean hurricanes but that there would
be a significant decrease in the intensities of such storms.'

You may want to check it out.
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
From: userDHAL@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (David Halliwell)
Subject: Re: Relationship of violent weather to greenhouse effect
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 20:44:29 GMT

stvjas@meteor.wisc.edu (Stephen Jascourt) writes:

>In article <1992Sep30.192607.28327@vexcel.com> dean@vexcel.com (Dean Alaska) writes:
>>Most of this discussion seems to be about whether there already are more
>>or stronger hurricanes because of global warming.  Since the long-term
>>threat of global warming is not directly tied to a possible current
>>warming, maybe we could talk about hypothetical warming in the future.
>>
>>Can generalizations be made about the frequency and or strength of
>>hurricanes if the IPCC projection for warming happens (1.5 to 4.5 C)?
>>
>>		dingo in boulder	(dean@vexcel.com)

>   [Long but quite readable discussion of effects deleted. Good job,
>   Stephen.]

    Just wanted to add that current atmospheric general circulation
models don't have the resolution to look at hurricane frequency. They
do generate storms and stuff, but I don't think we can expect them to
tell us about details like this. As a result, we can't just count
hurricanes in a GCM simulation to see how they change with global
warming. The only approach we can take is the type of reasoning
that Stephen has done. Perhaps future climate models will be able
to address the question more directly, but we're not in the future
yet. 


Dave Halliwell
Department of Geography
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
From: moonunit@meteor.wisc.edu (Chris Bovitz)
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
Subject: Bored at WSFO-Denver?
Date: 1 Oct 92 22:47:59 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Meteorology and Space Science

Has anyone been checking the Colorado state forecast discussion 
out of Denver the last couple of days?  Looks like Mr.(or Ms.) 
Bouda has gotten the poetry fever.  His (or her) last couple 
days' worth of discussions have been written in poetry.

If anyone has all of them or know where I can get them, let me know.


Chris

-- 
Chris Bovitz              |   
Department of Meteorology | "I demand that you shoot me now!" 
Univ of Wisc - Madison    |       -- Daffy Duck
moonunit@meteor.wisc.edu  |    
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
From: capskb@alliant.backbone.uoknor.edu (Keith Brewster)
Subject: Re: Bored at WSFO-Denver?
Originator: news@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 02:52:57 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

In article <1992Oct1.224759.15490@meteor.wisc.edu> moonunit@meteor.wisc.edu (Chris Bovitz) writes:
>Has anyone been checking the Colorado state forecast discussion 
>out of Denver the last couple of days?  Looks like Mr.(or Ms.) 
>Bouda has gotten the poetry fever. [rest deleted]


A bit of meteo trivia.  Bouda (actually signed BOODA) is not his actual
name ... I'll respect his anonymity (to the public, I think many in
the NWS Central Region know him), but he also has been known to sign
BRICK and RUBBLE.  I'm not sure if Brick refers to the fact that he
makes his discussions right justified (in the form of a brick) or to
his personal build.  Rubble refers to the fact that he looks remarkably
like Barney Rubble.  Booda (a variation on Buddha, I don't think he
wants to offend anyone) refers to how he sometimes sits in front of the 
weather displays and/or text editor.  He's quite an interesting guy and
a good forecaster...I used to have some of his earlier forecasting
verse on my office door.

kb
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capskb@alliant.backbone.uoknor.edu
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
From: cas@bjerknes.colorado.edu (Cathy Smith)
Subject: Re: Bored at WSFO-Denver?
Organization: NOAA Climate Research Division
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 23:05:34 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.224759.15490@meteor.wisc.edu> moonunit@meteor.wisc.edu (Chris Bovitz) writes:
>Has anyone been checking the Colorado state forecast discussion 
>out of Denver the last couple of days?  Looks like Mr.(or Ms.) 
>Bouda has gotten the poetry fever.  His (or her) last couple 
>days' worth of discussions have been written in poetry.
>
>If anyone has all of them or know where I can get them, let me know.
>
>
>Chris

well- here are the 2 latest discussions. there was another yesterday
as well but i don't have that

943
FPUS3 KDEN 011529
LISTEN MY FRIENDS AND YOU SHALL HEAR
ABOUT SKIES WHICH ARE BLUE AND CLEAR.
THIS MRNG NARY A CLOUD COVERS THE SKY

OVER THE SRN MTNS A FEW CLDS MAY FORM
BUT THEY WL NOT LEAD TO A THUNDERSTORM.
WL MAX TEMPS BE THE HIEST IN HISTORY
THAT IS TODAYS BIG UNSOLVED MYSTERY.
WHILE WE HAVE TEMPERATURES GS WARM AS TOAST
A BIG LOW SPINS AND WHIRLS NR THE PAC COAST.
WHEN WL THE LOW ARRIVE IS A QUESTION I ASK
WHILE UNDER THE BRIGHT SUN I SIT AND BASK.
NOT TODAY OR TOMORROW THAT IS FOR SURE
BUT PSBLY THE WEEKEND IF THE MDLS ARE PURE.
MEANWHILE THE FORECAST COULD NOT BE ANY FINER
SO ANY CHANGES I MAKE WILL BE QUITE MINOR.

.CO...NONE

BOODA



364
FPUS3 KDEN 012025

TIL THE LOW MVS IN FROM THE SEA.
THE SRN MTNS HV CLDS WHICH I SPY
THAT AFDK WL DISAPPR FM THE SKY.
MDLS SHOW RDG WL WKN AND MV EAST
BUT NOT UNTIL SATURDAY AT LEAST.
TEMPS TO NR RECORD LVLS CAN SOAR
AND WL HELP MY VERIFICATN SCORE.
THE MDLS ALL DIFFER TO SM DEGREE
WHICH TO BLV ISNT OBVIOUS TO ME.
USING THE SAT LOOPS I WL SUGGEST
THAT MAYBE THE MRF WILL BE BEST.
THE NRN JET APPRS TO BE STRONGER
SO THE LO CANT SPIN MUCH LONGER.
TO THE NE THE LOW WL MV AND FLOW
SO WINDS IN CO WL BEGIN TO BLOW.
MSTR WL BE INCREASG IN THE NORTH
SO POPS IN N WL BE COMING FORTH.
UPSLP WL DVLP OVR THE ERN PLAINS
SO MON AND TUE WL HV A CHC RAIN.
TEMPERATURES WL LOWER THIS I SAY
AS SUMMER IS OVR FOR MANY A DAY.

IF GETS LONGER WL BE EVEN WORSE.

.CO...NONE

BOODA
                                                          

-- 
cas@noaacrd.colorado.edu
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
From: dean@coconut.rsmas.miami.edu (Dean Churchill)
Subject: Re: Dobson Unit question
Organization: University of Miami/RSMAS
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 13:14:40 GMT

The two definitions of Dobson units are consistent with each other.
The writing, of course, was unnecessarily confusing.

If you take all the ozone in the atmosphere above 
the surface, and compress all that ozone into a layer of pure
ozone at standard temperature and pressure,  you will get a
layer of gas that is typically about 0.3 cm thick.  
In Dobson units, defined as 1/1000 of a cm, this layer of ozone will
correspond to 300 Dobson units.

-----------------------
Dean Churchill
Asst. Prof. of Meteorology
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmosperic Science
University of Miami
(305) 361-4048



Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
From: gilgan@ug.cs.dal.ca (Tommy Gilgan)
Subject: Ephemeris data for NOAA
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 17:57:53 GMT

I am looking for the availability of Ephemeris data for the 
NOAA series of polar orbiting satelitles.

if anyone can point me in a direction at all please do, because
 I am loosing my account here soon. 
 I am working for the Canadian Dept. of National Defence 
 Weather Service.

 Thanks for any information you might have,

 Tom Gilgan
 MetOc Centre
 Halifax, NS
 Canada
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
From: g.fryer@soest.hawaii.edu (Gerard Fryer)
Subject: Re: Relationship of violent weather to greenhouse effect
Organization: Scum Of the Earth and Senile Tenured
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 20:07:09 GMT

Please keep this thread going, it helps us non-meteorologists figure
out how you people think.  I'm just a mere seismologist so perhaps I have
no right to an opinion here, but here's the way I see things:

The inverse problem - checking climate records to determine if global
warming is really happening - is impossibly complicated and error
bounds are going to be gigantic.  Perhaps a better way of doing things
is just to think about (to model, perhaps?) the consequences of an
increasing amount of solar energy being captured by the atmosphere,
then let the public judge whether the predictions have been realised.
Of course, the predictions themselves are conflicting: the number of
tropical storms will increase and they will survive to higher latitudes
because of warming of ocean surface water; the tradewinds will increase
in velocity so the latitudinal range of tropical storms will be
reduced, etc.  Are meteorologists approaching any sort of unanimity on
these matters?

My own very restricted view of the statistics is alarming.  I don't
know much about the incidence of hurricanes in Hawaii, but since they
are not an important part of Hawaiian folklore I assume that they are
very rare.  The history this century, however, is very suggestive:
hurricanes have hit in 1936, 1982, and 1992.  Perhaps even more
alarming is the fact that while the other hurricanes weakened as they
approached the islands, Hurricane Iniki actually strengthened.  No
doubt local effects and short-term variability will cloud the global
warming signal, but I think I can be excused for thinking that the
hurricane threat is growing.  Insurance companies obviously share my
belief - they are jacking up rates.  Comments?
-- 
Gerard Fryer  (g.fryer@soest.hawaii.edu)
School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
From: crabtree@dao.nrc.ca (Dennis Crabtree)
Subject: Satellite of Hawaii
Reply-To: crabtree@dao.nrc.ca
Organization: DAO/CADC .
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 20:33:43 GMT

I am looking for an anonymous ftp site which has satellite images of the mid-Pacific
which specifically include the Hawaiian Isalnds.

Thanks

Dennis Crabtree
From: rovero@skye.oc.nps.navy.mil (Josh Rovero)
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
Subject: Re: Relationship of violent weather to greenhouse effect
Date: 2 Oct 92 22:55:05 GMT
Organization: Naval Postgraduate School,Monterey CA

There is an interesting article in the latest Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society on the correlation between summer rainfall in 
two western Africa regions and subsequent (after 1 Aug) hurricane damage
along the US Atlantic coast.  Good correlation to Atlantic damage, none
to Gulf Coast damage.

-- 
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Department of Oceanography, Code OC/Rv |      Bitnet 5346p@NAVPGS 
Naval Postgraduate School              |              
Monterey, CA  93943   (408) 646-2084   |
From: gerry@bluemoon.rn.com (Gerard M. Foley)
Subject: Re: Ephemeris data for NOAA
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 92 20:47:09 EDT

gilgan@ug.cs.dal.ca (Tommy Gilgan) writes:

> I am looking for the availability of Ephemeris data for the 
> NOAA series of polar orbiting satelitles.
> 
> if anyone can point me in a direction at all please do, because
>  I am loosing my account here soon. 
>  I am working for the Canadian Dept. of National Defence 
>  Weather Service.
> 
>  Thanks for any information you might have,
> 
>  Tom Gilgan
>  MetOc Centre
>  Halifax, NS
>  Canada

The "Keplerian Elements" used by satellite tracking programs
were distributed in the tvro newsgroup a few weeks ago.
They are somewhere on my harddrive.  If they would help
you send me a message.  The same elements for some of
them are broadcast on amateur radio by station W1AW
every Tuesday and Saturday at 2230 UTC.  If you can
find a ham with digital (preferably AMTOR FEC) receiving
capabilities the frequencies are 3.625, 7.095, 14.095 and
21.095 MHz (there are others, but probably no use in NS.

gerry@bluemoon.rn  My amateur radio callsign is K8EF, and my
packet radio address is K8EF@W8CQK.OH.USA.NA
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
From: rowland@zorba7.larc.nasa.gov (Michael W. Rowland)
Subject: Env. Satellites Shutdown in December 1992
Keywords: satellites, budget cuts
Reply-To: rowland@zorba7.larc.nasa.gov (Michael W. Rowland)
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681  USA
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 17:58:07 GMT

 We at Langley Research Center received news on Thursday, October 2,
1992 that NASA intends to shutdown the following satellites in
December to save about $15M:

     NUMBUS-7

     ERBS

     NOAA-9

     NOAA-10

The following experiments will not be operational while
the satellites are shutdown:

     Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement II  (SAM II)

     Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBS) (3)

     Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II)

Mike Rowland

Mike Rowland, Aerosol Research Branch, MS 475
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA 23681
internet: rowland@zorba7.larc.nasa.gov
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
From: sherwood@fenris.space.ualberta.ca (Sherwood Botsford)
Subject: Re: Relationship of violent weather to greenhouse effect
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 16:35:34 GMT


Several climatologists have claimed that the last hundred  
years have been unusually stable:  ie weather has been very  
consistent from year to year, compared to the long term  
variability.  Their claim is that the climate is NOT  
warming up, but is merely returning to it's 'normal'  
chaotic state.

If this is true, we should see more record breaking events,  
both cold and warm, both wet and dry.  This agrees with my  
subjective impression of the weather, but I can't back it  
up with stats.
From: gopher@yar.cs.wisc.edu (Chris Bovitz)
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
Subject: Three questions
Date: 27 Sep 92 23:03:04 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept.

Does anyone know...

- ...if NMC is transmitting 925mb height/temperature analysis
  maps yet?  If they have, what is the DIFAX map number?  (D???)

- ...where I can get a list of the NWS product headers (like FEUS4, ACUS1) 
  and what products they represent?
  
- ...where can one get a complete list of the lists of tropical storm names?
  I've seen lists in _Mariner's_Weather_Log, but some of the names in those 
  lists don't match reality.  I'm looking for lists for all oceans.

Thanks.

Chris

-- 
Chris Bovitz              |    "I demand that you shoot me now!"
Department of Meteorology |    
Univ of Wisc - Madison    |       -- Daffy Duck
moonunit@meteor.wisc.edu  |
From: Lelani Arris <larris@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
Date: 28 Sep 92 17:08 PDT
Subject: Dobson Unit question
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1466900279:000:2092
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!larris    Sep 28 17:08:00 1992


 
Can someone clarify for me what the dimensions of Dobson Units are and
exactly what they measure?  I understand the basic principle of
measuring UV in certain wavelengths and back calculating for
ozone levels, what I *can't* figure out are the dimensions of this
number...
 
I have seen two definitions in recent papers:
 
1) "The results of such measurements are usually presented in
milliatmosphere-centimeters, or Dobson Units.  When multiplied by
the number of air molecules in one cubic centimeter at standard
temperature and pressure a measurement in DU gives the total number
of molecules of ozone in a cross-sectional area of 1 square cm
rising from the surface of the earth" [Patrick Hamill and Owen Toon,
Physics Today, Dec 1991, p.34]
 
-- this definition is pretty clear except for the bit about
milliatmosphere-centimeters for dimension (those are dimensions of
pressure X height!).  By my calculations, this
also works out approximately to 1 DU=amount of pure ozone gas that
would fit into one cubic centimeter.  However, working out for
some typical DU measurements I get much higher concentrations in
ppm than my texts suggest are maximum values of ozone in the
stratosphere... 
 
2) "One DU is equivalent to the amount of ozone that would occupy
a 0.01 mm thick column at standard temperature and pressure."
[Barbara Levi, Physics Today, July 1992, p.19]
 
-- much less clear (what is thick?  is this .01 square mm column
extending up from the surface? or??) and conflicts with the above
as far as I can tell.
 
Can anyone give me a precise definition, with dimensions, if any?
 
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