Dobson unit

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Dobson unit

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Etymology

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

• Rhymes: -uːnɪt

Noun

Dobson unit (plural Dobson units)

2. A unit of measurement of the amount of a trace gas (typically ozone) in a vertical column through the Earth's atmosphere).

   Alternative form: DU (symbol)