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Ozone in our air - friend or foe? - depends on where

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Through an agreement between the USGS-Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, US EPA, and the NPS, a specially configured spectrophotometer measures potentially harmful ultraviolet B (UV-B) radiation as well as column amounts of ozone (O3), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) present in the atmosphere between the instrument and the sun.

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