The applicability of the Curtis-Godson Approximation to calculations of infrared heating due to the 9.6-micron band of ozone is investigated. Satisfactory results are obtained at the bottom and top of the ozone layer while, at intermediate heights, the Approximation is not so successful. An explanation of this pattern is obtained by a crude application of criteria suggested by Plass (1960). With routine calculations made feasible by the use of the Approximation, the affect on heating rates of the distribution of ozone and temperature is investigated. The former appears as the more critical of the two parameters. A chart constructed for the graphical determination of flux divergence or heating rate is presented.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.115070 |
| Date | January 1963 |
| Creators | Clark, John. H. |
| Contributors | Hitschfeld, W. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Earth Sciences.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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