High-resolution laboratory absorption cross section of O3. Temperature effect

Abstract Ozone (O3) is one of the most important minor components of the troposphere and stratosphere. It is involved in the attenuation of the solar flux in the visible and ultraviolet regions and in many photochemical processes. Accurate calculations of the atmospheric transmission and photolysis frequencies require laboratory values of the absorption cross sections σO3 in the temperature range 200–300 K; such values are reported.