Dobson unit
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Gordon Dobson, a researcher at the University of Oxford who in the 1920s built the first instrument to measure total ozone from the ground.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -uːnɪt
Noun[edit]
Dobson unit (plural Dobson units)
- A unit of measurement of the amount of a trace gas (typically ozone) in a vertical column through the Earth's atmosphere.