NOAA researchers at the South Pole release a ballonsonde, a massive balloon carrying instruments that measure ozone, temperature, humidity and more from the surface of the snow to about 20 miles high.

This is a comparatively dry atmospheric layer associated with weather balloons ... ve probably heard of the “ozone hole.” This concentrated area of ozone depletion allows UVB to penetrate ...

The ozone hole, or the ozone depletion phenomenon ... Likewise the station also sends balloons with ozone and meteorological sensors to obtain profiles of the gas and weather conditions associated ...