http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/the-ozone-holeits-still-there/ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:18:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/the-ozone-holeits-still-there/comment-page-1/#comment-4543 Cliff Wilson Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:33:33 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=2367#comment-4543 You made me feel old. Grade school when you first heard about it? I was the officer in 85-86 and we launched the very first ozondesondes at the Pole. The "hole" was just discovered by the British Antarctic Survey and it was a rush project just before closing. I lived in the dome and the lab was called the Clean Air Facility. We had 17 winter overs. It was interesting to see that the Dobson is still being used, but is apparently computerized now. We had the data on little paper wheels. Those paper wheels piled up for many years in Boulder, unprocessed. If they would have been processed in a timely manner, NOAA would have found the hole and not the BAS. That PhD in charge of the program (cannot remember his name) was demoted and I believe Peter Tans was his replacement, but it was 25 years ago. That Dobson was my least favorite instrument. We had no internet, no communications for 6 months except for Navy Telex at 75 baud on a good day. Have things changed! Enjoy the rest of the year. Your new facility is huge! I suspect there are people in the building who have not gone outside since closing. You made me feel old. Grade school when you first heard about it? I was the officer in 85-86 and we launched the very first ozondesondes at the Pole. The “hole” was just discovered by the British Antarctic Survey and it was a rush project just before closing. I lived in the dome and the lab was called the Clean Air Facility. We had 17 winter overs. It was interesting to see that the Dobson is still being used, but is apparently computerized now. We had the data on little paper wheels. Those paper wheels piled up for many years in Boulder, unprocessed. If they would have been processed in a timely manner, NOAA would have found the hole and not the BAS. That PhD in charge of the program (cannot remember his name) was demoted and I believe Peter Tans was his replacement, but it was 25 years ago. That Dobson was my least favorite instrument. We had no internet, no communications for 6 months except for Navy Telex at 75 baud on a good day. Have things changed! Enjoy the rest of the year. Your new facility is huge! I suspect there are people in the building who have not gone outside since closing.

]]> http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/the-ozone-holeits-still-there/comment-page-1/#comment-4433 Curtis Coalson Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:48:28 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=2367#comment-4433 Good post Nick! I knew that the amount of CFC's in the atmosphere had stabilized a few years ago, but I didn't know that the "ozone hole" over antarctica has not shown any measurable decrease in size yet. Good post Nick! I knew that the amount of CFC’s in the atmosphere had stabilized a few years ago, but I didn’t know that the “ozone hole” over antarctica has not shown any measurable decrease in size yet.

]]> http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/the-ozone-holeits-still-there/comment-page-1/#comment-4388 ann mishmash Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:58:36 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=2367#comment-4388 Wow,So very cool about the ozone layers! It all makes alot more sense and I seemed to learn alot from this article.Aslo made alot of sense with the explanation of the seasons too.I look forward to more of the amazing photography and learning alot more too, Ann Mishmash Wow,So very cool about the ozone layers! It all makes alot more sense and I seemed to learn alot from this article.Aslo made alot of sense with the explanation of the seasons too.I look forward to more of the amazing photography and learning alot more too,
Ann Mishmash

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