Atmospheric ozone and colors of the Antarctic twilight sky

• Main Authors: Lee, Raymond L., Meyer, Wolfgang, Hoeppe, Götz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Figshare 2011
• Subjects: Biophysics; Biochemistry; Space Science; 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Physical sciences; Microbiology; FOS Biological sciences; 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Chemical sciences; Sociology; FOS Sociology; 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Antarctic; Austral; Georg von Neumayer Station; Neumayer; Neumayer Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3748787.v1; https://figshare.com/collections/Atmospheric_ozone_and_colors_of_the_Antarctic_twilight_sky/3748787/1

Zenith skylight is often distinctly blue during clear civil twilights, and much of this color is due to preferential absorption at longer wavelengths by ozone’s Chappuis bands. Because stratospheric ozone is greatly depleted in the austral spring, such decreases could plausibly make Antarctic twilig...