Measurement of the vertical ozone distribution by means of an in situ gas phase chemiluminescence ozonometer during the intercomparison ozone campaign,Gap, France,June 1981

Two vertical ozone profiles have been obtained above Gap (France), with an instrument using a gas phase chemiluminescence technique. Data are given for each 0.5 km. The absolute uncertainty on the measurements increase with altitude from 8% of mixing ratio at 16 km to, at most, 15% at 38 km. Uncertainty analysis leads to an incompressible 6%. The integrated column content between 16 km and flight ceiling is also given.     

Experimental investigation on the grain-scale compression behavior of loose wet granular material

The behavior of model granular materials (glass beads) wetted by a small quantity of liquid forming capillary bridges is studied by one-dimensional compression test combined with X-ray computed tomography (XRCT) observation. Special attention is paid to obtain very loose initial states (initial void ratio of about 2.30) stabilized by capillary cohesion. XRCT-based analyses involve spherical particle detection adapted to relatively low-resolution images, which enable heterogeneities to be visualized and microstructural information to be collected. This study on an ideal material provides an insight into the macroscopic compression behavior of wet granular materials based on the microstructural change, such as pore distance distribution, coordination number of contacts, coordination number of neighbors and number of contacts per grain.

     

Ozone profile intercomparison based on simultaneous observations between 20 and 40 km

The vertical distribution of stratospheric ozone has been simultaneously measured by means of five different instruments carried on the same balloon payload. The launches were performed from Gap during the intercomparison campaign conducted in June 1981 in southern France. Data obtained between altitudes of 20 and 40 km are compared and discussed. Vertical profiles deduced from Electrochemical Concentration Cell sondes launched from the same location by small balloons and from short Umkehr measurements made at Mt Chiran (France) are also included in this comparison. Systematic differences of the order of 20% between ozone profiles deduced from solar u.v. absorption and in situ techniques are found.