Scattered Radiation in the Ozone Absorption Bands at Selected Levels of a Terrestrial, Rayleigh Atmosphere

A molecular atmosphere in which the mass mixing ratio or the absorption coefficient of an absorbing constituent varies in the vertical is generally referred to as a nonhomogeneous, Rayleigh atmosphere. Information on the scattering and absorption of solar radiation by such an atmosphere is important and useful in many areas of study. It is especially so to astrophysicists and atmospheric physicists involved with investigations and diagnostic probes of the atmospheres of the earth and other planets from space vehicles.