Analysis of tropospheric and columnar ozone measurements in Manila, Philippines

• Main Authors: Vallar, Edgar A., Galvez, Maria Cecilia, Castilla, Red, Cayetano, Mylene, Simpas, James, Cruz, Melliza, Lamorena-Lim, Rheo, Lim, Len Herald, Pabroa, Preciosa Corazon, Macatangay, Ronald, Bagtasa, Gerry, Peralta, Teresita, Rosete, Jean, Morris, Vernon
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Ozone; Atmospheric pressure—Diurnal variations; Atmospheric pressure—Measurement; Physics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2818
• Institution: De La Salle University

Ozone is a gas that can be found in the stratosphere and the troposphere. Stratospheric ozone, formed when sunlight breaks down oxygen molecules, plays a beneficial role because it absorbs most of the harmful UV rays of the Sun. Tropospheric or ground-level ozone is produced from photochemical react...