Measurement of the ozone profile in support of STRATCOM

A rocket carrying an optical ozonesonde was launched at 1822 GMT on Sept. 29, 1977 in support of the STRATCOM 8 balloon. The integral ozone amount above the balloon ceiling altitude of 40 km was measured as .0117 atm-cm with an uncertainty less than + or - 7%. The ozone density at 40 km was 6.77 x 10 to the 17th power mol/cu m. Ozone densities in molecules/cu m at higher altitudes were 2.28 x 10 to the 17th power at 45 km, 6.72 x 10 to the 16th power at 50 km, 2.20 x 10 to the 16th power at 55 km, and 7.26 x 10 to the 15th power at 60 km. In addition, the ozone distribution was measured at lower altitudes from the tropopause at 17 km to 40 km.