Atmospheric remote sensing studies performed at Battelle Observatory during August and September 1977

Preliminary remote sensing results presented here indicate that techniques drawn from radio and optical astronomy can be profitably applied to atmospheric problems. A study of tropospheric turbidity using a precision polarimeter in conjunction with a 31-in. optical telescope demonstrated the feasibility of remote measurement of aerosol size distribution. Stratospheric ozone spectra which can be used to infer the mixing ratio and vertical distribution of the molecule were obtained with a newly-developed millimeter wavelength spectrometer