Chemicals and Drugs

Stratospheric Ozone

Ozone in the Earth's stratosphere. It is produced continuously by the action of solar ULTRAVIOLET RAYS on oxygen in the stratosphere. The stratospheric ozone (especially at the ozone layer) blocks much of the solar UV radiation of wavelengths of 320 nanometers or less from being transmitted to lower ATMOSPHERE of the Earth.

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Ozone in the Earth's stratosphere. It is produced continuously by the action of solar ULTRAVIOLET RAYS on oxygen in the stratosphere. The stratospheric ozone (especially at the ozone layer) blocks much of the solar UV radiation of wavelengths of 320 nanometers or less from being transmitted to lower ATMOSPHERE of the Earth.

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  • Ozone, Stratospheric
  • Ozone Layer

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Indexed with the subheadings analysis, chemistry.

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2013

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  • Ozone (1975-2012)

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  1. D01w.362w.670w.600w.500w
  2. G16.500.275w.063w.700w
  3. N06.230w.300.100w.700w

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Stratospheric Ozone. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D062952. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D062952
  2. Stratospheric Ozone. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_layer
  3. Stratospheric Ozone. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79995