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It is shown how to retrieve the atmospheric ozone profile by means of ground based microwave measurements of the radiative intensity. Chahine's iteration method is used. The method is tested by a numerical experiment. The retrieval rms about the mean error is approximately 0.4 ppm. The required measurement accuracy for the brightness temperatures is ±0.01 K.
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Randegger, A.K. On the determination of the atmospheric ozone profile for ground based microwave measurements. PAGEOPH 118, 1052–1065 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01593049
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