Abstract

RIVM will contribute a monitoring network station to the joint European research project TOR (Tropospheric Ozone Research). A planned part of this monitoring station is a tropospheric ozone lidar system that provides vertical ozone profiles from 0 to 15 km altitude. To start the construction of the lidar system, a study of the feasibility of a tropospheric ozone dial system as well as a definition of such a system for RIVM has been made. The feasibility of troposheric ozone measurements is established and a system is proposed. The report further adresses questions like construction, performance, cost and safety for the system.