DETERMINATION OF THE MESOSPHERIC OZONE USING SATELLITE LIMB-SCAN MEASUREMENTS OF THE INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC BAND EMISSION OF O2(1)DELTA(G))

Ozone amounts in the mesosphere have been determined from limb-scan ob servations made by the near infra-red channel of the Faza teleradiomet er on board the orbital station 'Salyut-7' in October and November 198 5. Altitude and latitude ozone and atomic oxygen density profiles were deduced. We have observed a secondary maximum of ozone density near 8 0 km. An error analysis shows that effects of random errors in the dat a are less than 10% between 45 and 75 km.